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title: "41 Slabs Quotes by 39 authors"
description: "Browse 41 Slabs quotes by 39 authors. Discover the best Slabs sayings and thoughts."
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> [Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/slicing-a-warm-slab-of-bacon-is-a-lot-like-giving-a-ferret-a-shave-no/)

[Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/)

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> [Men are like paving slabs, lay them right first time and you get to safely walk over them forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristine-shye/men-are-like-paving-slabs-lay-them-right-first-time-and-you-get-to/)

[Cristine Shye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristine-shye/)

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> [One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/one-minute-i-m-standing-at-ronnie-scott-s-getting-a-standing-ovation/)

[Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/)

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> [Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You'll have plenty of time to be low-key when you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nows-the-time-to-go-for-all-the-gusto-you-can-grab-you-ll-have-plenty/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [To make a face from marble means to remove from the slab everything that is not the face](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/to-make-a-face-from-marble-means-to-remove-from-the-slab-everything/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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> [Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/beneath-this-slab-john-brown-is-stowed-he-watched-the-ads-and-not-the/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

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> [We've found all kinds of interesting things under basement slabs, from old dishes to slag from manufacturing plants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-baeumler/we-ve-found-all-kinds-of-interesting-things-under-basement-slabs-from/)

[Bryan Baeumler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-baeumler/)

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> [I want to be healed and whole and perfect again, like a misshapen slab of iron that comes out of the fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-want-to-be-healed-and-whole-and-perfect-again-like-a-misshapen-slab/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

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> [There are three kinds of forms in the human figure: Ovoid forms - egg, ball and barrel masses; Column forms - cylinder,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burne-hogarth/there-are-three-kinds-of-forms-in-the-human-figure-ovoid-forms-egg/)

[Burne Hogarth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burne-hogarth/)

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> [History consists of a corpus ascertained facts. The facts are available to the historian in documents, inscriptions and so on, like fish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hallett-carr/history-consists-of-a-corpus-ascertained-facts-the-facts-are/)

[Edward Hallett Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hallett-carr/)

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> [A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. At first Gregor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/a-faint-light-burned-in-the-pit-revealing-a-furry-creature-hunched/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster from his slab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-pickett/i-was-working-in-the-lab-late-one-night-when-my-eyes-beheld-an-eerie-2/)

[Bobby Pickett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-pickett/)

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> [Modern Architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1972, at 3.32 p.m. (or thereabouts), when the infamous Pruitt Igoe scheme,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-jencks/modern-architecture-died-in-st-louis-missouri-on-july-15-1972-at-3-32/)

[Charles Jencks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-jencks/)

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> [Always get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse-2/always-get-to-the-dialogue-as-soon-as-possible-i-always-feel-the/)

[P. G. Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse-2/)

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> [I'm king of the dead and I make my throne On a monument slab of marble cold; And my scepter of rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin/i-m-king-of-the-dead-and-i-make-my-throne-on-a-monument-slab-of/)

[Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin/)

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> [Who is more amateurish, more vulnerable---those who rely on machines that need to be plugged in, or logged on, or in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fortier/who-is-more-amateurish-more-vulnerable-those-who-rely-on-machines/)

[Anne Fortier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fortier/)

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> [It was so ridiculous. We were just sitting there, thinking about how ridiculous it was because we literally had stray hairs on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-yeun/it-was-so-ridiculous-we-were-just-sitting-there-thinking-about-how/)

[Steven Yeun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-yeun/)

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> [For years I walked around with the phrase "Green River" because I had seen that on a soda fountain drink when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fogerty/for-years-i-walked-around-with-the-phrase-green-river-because-i-had/)

[John Fogerty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fogerty/)

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> [The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like individual, discrete,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-wolitzer/the-minute-you-had-kids-you-closed-ranks-you-didn-t-plan-this-in/)

[Meg Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-wolitzer/)

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> [When people go to museums and see a sculpture made out of marble, they appreciate it but it's very doubtful that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-sawaya/when-people-go-to-museums-and-see-a-sculpture-made-out-of-marble-they/)

[Nathan Sawaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-sawaya/)

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> [The most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do, if it would prefer its descendents not to spend a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-most-prudent-thing-any-intelligent-animal-can-do-if-it-would/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/faith-is-not-simply-a-private-matter-or-something-we-practice-once-a/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [Soil is not usually lost in slabs or heaps of magnificent tonnage. It is lost a little at a time over millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/soil-is-not-usually-lost-in-slabs-or-heaps-of-magnificent-tonnage-it/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

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> [At a certain fork in the road of automatization, Europeans chose to have more time, and they work far less than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/at-a-certain-fork-in-the-road-of-automatization-europeans-chose-to/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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> [Basically the message is: Steal It! Art, music, culture, the odd book and the slab of cheese... the new will be built…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buenaventura-durruti/basically-the-message-is-steal-it-art-music-culture-the-odd-book-and/)

[Buenaventura Durruti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buenaventura-durruti/)

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> [A slab of bread "buttered" with lard and, if you were lucky, seasoned with salt and pepper, was a luxury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-hoffa/a-slab-of-bread-buttered-with-lard-and-if-you-were-lucky-seasoned/)

[Jimmy Hoffa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-hoffa/)

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> [When I grew up in central London, we had six pavement slabs for a garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keeley-hawes/when-i-grew-up-in-central-london-we-had-six-pavement-slabs-for-a/)

[Keeley Hawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keeley-hawes/)

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> [On the top of these mile thick slabs of ice the water is percolating quickly to the base and greasing the skids,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/on-the-top-of-these-mile-thick-slabs-of-ice-the-water-is-percolating/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [No dish changes quite so much from season to season as soup. Summer's soups come chilled, in pastel colors strewn with herbs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-fabricant/no-dish-changes-quite-so-much-from-season-to-season-as-soup-summer-s/)

[Florence Fabricant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-fabricant/)

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> [In America, even your menus have the gift of language… The Chef's own Vienna Roast. A hearty, rich meat loaf, gently seasoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-lee/in-america-even-your-menus-have-the-gift-of-language-the-chef-s-own/)

[Laurie Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-lee/)

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> [Down the hall came the wife. She was glorious, burning. She didn't know yet that her husband was dead. We knew. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-johnson/down-the-hall-came-the-wife-she-was-glorious-burning-she-didn-t-know/)

[Denis Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-johnson/)

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> [It's as if Japanese men, all to aware that deep inside they'd like to stomp Tokyo flat, breathe fire, and do truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/it-s-as-if-japanese-men-all-to-aware-that-deep-inside-they-d-like-to/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

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> [I feel closer ties and more intimate bonds with certain characters in books, with certain images I’ve seen in engravings, than with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-feel-closer-ties-and-more-intimate-bonds-with-certain-characters-in-2/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

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> [In school we did all sorts of things, molds, slab building. We were not very proficient on the wheel because the woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/in-school-we-did-all-sorts-of-things-molds-slab-building-we-were-not/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [I'm a nature lover, I want at any given time to be able to bring lots of plants into my house, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-clovis/i-m-a-nature-lover-i-want-at-any-given-time-to-be-able-to-bring-lots/)

[Sebastian Clovis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-clovis/)

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> [When you think about a barbecue, most people think of slabs of ribs, but you don't need to do that in today's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-garvin/when-you-think-about-a-barbecue-most-people-think-of-slabs-of-ribs/)

[G. Garvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-garvin/)

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> [The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hallett-carr/the-facts-are-really-not-at-all-like-fish-on-the-fishmonger-s-slab/)

[Edward Hallett Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hallett-carr/)

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> [There are two Venices I know about and one of them is a hotel in Vegas. The other is an L.A. beach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/there-are-two-venices-i-know-about-and-one-of-them-is-a-hotel-in/)

[Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/)

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> [Sometimes I come here just to be a lost mariner but I am never lost: there are the snowflakes frozen to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-eimers/sometimes-i-come-here-just-to-be-a-lost-mariner-but-i-am-never-lost/)

[Nancy Eimers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-eimers/)

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> [Advice to rock gods: drugwise, stick to Ibuprofen, decaf lattes, and pale Pilsners ... If your stomach is not a flat slab,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-shoales/advice-to-rock-gods-drugwise-stick-to-ibuprofen-decaf-lattes-and-pale/)

[Ian Shoales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-shoales/)

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                        "text": "In America, even your menus have the gift of language… The Chef's own Vienna Roast. A hearty, rich meat loaf, gently seasoned to perfection and served in a creamy nest of mashed farm potatoes and strictly fresh garden vegetables. Of course, what you get is cole slaw and a slab of meat, but that doesn't matter because the menu has already started your juices going. Oh, those menus. In America, they are poetry.",
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                        "text": "Down the hall came the wife. She was glorious, burning. She didn't know yet that her husband was dead. We knew. That's what gave her such power over us. The doctor took her into a room with a desk at the end of the hall, and from under the closed door a slab of brilliance radiated as if, by some stupendous process, diamonds were being incinerated in there. What a pair of lungs! She shrieked as I imagined an eagle would shriek. It felt wonderful to be alive to hear it! I've gone looking for that feeling everywhere.",
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                        "text": "It's as if Japanese men, all to aware that deep inside they'd like to stomp Tokyo flat, breathe fire, and do truly terrible and disgusting things to women, have built themselves the most beautiful of prisons for their rampaging ids. Instead of indulging their fantasies, they focus on food, or landscaping, or the perfect cup of tea -- or a single slab of o-toro tuna -- letting themselves go only at baseball games and office parties.",
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