Cabbages Quotes

24 quotes by 21 authors

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had… — Cyrano de Bergerac
'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.' — Lewis Carroll
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. — Mark Twain
Kings and cabbages go back to compost, but good deeds stay green forever. — Rick DeMarinis
Brains, like cabbages, are beautiful-but in a different way. Cabbage heads are dumb and sterile, whereas brains are personal, intelligent and vibrant. — Carl Pfeiffer
Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know. — David McCullough
Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market. — Alfre Woodard
Cabbages, whose heads, tightly folded see and hear nothing of this world, dreaming only on the yellow and green magnificence that is hardening within them. — John Haines
If the garden of Eden really exists it does so moment by moment, fragmented and tough, cropping up like a fan of buddleia high up… — Helen Dunmore
I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but careless of death, and still more of my unfinished garden. — Michel de Montaigne
In the night the cabbages catch at the moon, the leaves drip silver, the rows of cabbages are a series of little silver waterfalls in… — Carl Sandburg
Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you'll duck soup for the rest of your… — Groucho Marx
What are plants doing? What are plants all about? They serve human beings by being decorative, but what is it from its own point of… — Alan Watts
Last summer I was staying at a house in Hampshire which was famous for the brilliance and the originality of its gardens. There were many… — Beverley Nichols
But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like… — Edna Ferber
Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat? — Arthur Conan Doyle
Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll… — J.R.R. Tolkien
...it will always remain my private persuasion that Nature was absorbed in making cabbages when Mrs. Vesey was born, and that the good lady suffered… — Wilkie Collins
Ole Golly: The time has come, the walrus said... Harriet M. Welsch: To talk of many things... Ole Golly: Of shoes and ships and ceiling… — Louise Fitzhugh
Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes. — Beatrix Potter

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