Black Quote by Carol Drinkwater

Olives changed the direction of my life. My husband Michel and I found a ruined farm with an olive grove near Cannes. I became…

— Carol Drinkwater

Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

I do a chimichurri sauce with garlic, parsley, olive oil, and red and black pepper. You just mince the garlic and the parsley and…

— Julie Gonzalo

I eat nothing that's processed or refined - no high-fructose corn syrup, no sugar, no trans-fats. I eat a lot of fish and monounsaturated…

— Dean Karnazes

Good oil, like good wine, is a gift from the gods. The grape and the olive are among the priceless benefactions of the soil,…

— George Ellwanger

Under the olive trees, from the ground Grows this flower, which is a wound. It is easier to ignore Than the heroes' sunset fire…

— Stephen Spender

He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Her eyes were olive green―incisive and clear.

— Dan Brown

Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of…

— Janet Erskine Stuart

In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]

— Ovid

A maiden's first kiss cometh hard, yea, it is as the first olive out of a bottle, requiring much skill; but the rest are…

— Gelett Burgess

Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

— George Herbert