--- title: "4 John Thorne Quotes" description: "John Thorne has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-thorne-70146.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-thorne-70146.jpg) # John Thorne **4** quotes in **67** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by John Thorne > [Unbuttered toast is a substance half complete, and to be forced to eat it in that state is necessarily to feel deprived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorne/unbuttered-toast-is-a-substance-half-complete-and-to-be-forced-to-eat/) John Thorne [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/john-thorne-70146_deprived_unbuttered-toast-is-a-substance-half-com_576369.jpg) > [It can only truly be Texas red if it walks the thin line just this side of indigestibility: Damning the mouth that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorne/it-can-only-truly-be-texas-red-if-it-walks-the-thin-line-just-this/) John Thorne [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/john-thorne-70146_defying_it-can-only-truly-be-texas-red-if-it-wal_1026826.jpg) > [Rice and peas fit into that category of dishes where two ordinary foods, combined together, ignite a pleasure far beyond the capacity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorne/rice-and-peas-fit-into-that-category-of-dishes-where-two-ordinary/) John Thorne [Apple pie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apple-pie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/john-thorne-70146_apple-pie_rice-and-peas-fit-into-that-category-of_2551856.jpg) > [Americans, more than any other culture on earth, are cookbook cooks; we learn to make our meals not from any oral tradition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorne/americans-more-than-any-other-culture-on-earth-are-cookbook-cooks-we/) John Thorne [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/john-thorne-70146_collections_americans-more-than-any-other-culture-on_2923040.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-thorne/#itemlist", "name": "John Thorne Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unbuttered toast is a substance half complete, and to be forced to eat it in that state is necessarily to feel deprived.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Thorne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorne/unbuttered-toast-is-a-substance-half-complete-and-to-be-forced-to-eat/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/john-thorne-70146_deprived_unbuttered-toast-is-a-substance-half-com_576369.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/john-thorne-70146_deprived_unbuttered-toast-is-a-substance-half-com_576369.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/john-thorne-70146_deprived_unbuttered-toast-is-a-substance-half-com_576369.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Unbuttered toast is a substance half complete, and to be forced to eat it in that state is necessarily to…” — John Thorne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It can only truly be Texas red if it walks the thin line just this side of indigestibility: Damning the mouth that eats it and defying the stomach to digest it, the ingredients are hardly willing to lie in the same pot together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Thorne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorne/it-can-only-truly-be-texas-red-if-it-walks-the-thin-line-just-this/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/john-thorne-70146_defying_it-can-only-truly-be-texas-red-if-it-wal_1026826.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/john-thorne-70146_defying_it-can-only-truly-be-texas-red-if-it-wal_1026826.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/john-thorne-70146_defying_it-can-only-truly-be-texas-red-if-it-wal_1026826.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It can only truly be Texas red if it walks the thin line just this side of indigestibility: Damning the…” — John Thorne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rice and peas fit into that category of dishes where two ordinary foods, combined together, ignite a pleasure far beyond the capacity of either of its parts alone. 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