Egg Quotes

375 quotes by 330 authors

Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg. — Robert Herrick
The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being. — Anthony de Mello
Movement turns dead dogs into maggots and daisies, and flour butter sugar an egg and a tablespoon of milk into Abernethy biscuits, and spermatozoa and… — Alasdair Gray
An unhatched egg is to me the greatest challenge in life. — Elwyn Brooks White
Why do men delight in work? Fundamentally, I suppose, because there is a sense of relief and pleasure in getting something done - a kind… — H. L. Mencken
What is opportunity to the man who can't use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity. — George Eliot
The Seer Stone referred to here was a chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well in company with his brother… — B. H. Roberts
But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about. — Seth Godin
The only thing that prevented a father's love from faltering was the fact that there was in his possession a photograph of himself at the… — P.G. Wodehouse
Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes — George Bernard Shaw
Just to settle it once and for all: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg, laid by a bird that was not… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes… — Terry Pratchett
To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg. — Hans Christian Andersen
Writing doesn't require drive. It's like saying a chicken has to have drive to lay an egg. — John Updike
Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion. And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give… — Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'What is the use?' For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and… — Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Later when I thought of the chickens, one of those rare pale blue eggs rose up into my throat. The chickens had been part of… — Melissa Coleman
This is my breakfast: Two poached eggs, turkey bacon, and a half avocado. The yolks in a poached egg are alkalizing. Avocados are a great… — April Bowlby
Ex-convicts prepared the eggs for the White Houseâ€™s Easter Egg Roll. Itâ€™s nice to see the White House reaching out to former members of Congress. — Jay Leno
Spare feast! a radish and an egg. — William Cowper

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