"It's easier to write about Socrates than about……" — Anton Chekhov
"It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook."
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246 Quotes by Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov has 246 quotes on this site.
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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with…
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you…
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every…
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When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'
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More Cook Quotes
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Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now.…
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Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with…
— Mario Batali
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You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of…
— Mario Batali
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There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result…
— Annie Besant
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Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of…
— Juliette Binoche
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I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't…
— Jo Brand
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The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my…
— Alton Brown
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I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl…
— Alton Brown
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'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne…
— Alton Brown
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I hate 'foodie' because it's cute, like pretty much all diminutives associated with eating. 'Veggies,' 'sammies,' 'parm.' I eat food,…
— Steve Albini
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