Fig Quotes

59 quotes by 49 authors

• God made a beauteous garden With lovely flowers strown, But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown. And to this beauteous garden He brought… — Robert Frost
• I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the… — Sylvia Plath
• An idea fell like a seed and over the next weeks it went on growing like a fig vine lush and conquering twining round her… — Laini Taylor
• I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print, the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep under that beautiful… — Sylvia Plath
• One of the delights beyond the grasp of youth is that of Not Going. Not to have an invitation for the dance, the party, the… — J. B. Priestley
• I think its a sickness to grieve too much for those who never cared a fig for you. — Larry McMurtry
• Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe,… — John Heywood
• I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else. — Yotam Ottolenghi
• Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes. — Bethany McLean
• The most appealing thing to me about food is combining and layering flavors, tastes, and textures. So the perfect sandwich has to be toasted. It… — Kyle MacLachlan
• The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship. — George F. Kennan
• I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade. — Menander
• Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and… — Bible
• Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and… — Bible
• From the fig leaf to the Pharisees to the fashions of the day, we've been doing the same thing: covering up...the only way for God… — Chris Tiegreen
• I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
• At this time Charybdis sucked down the seas salt water, but I reached high in the air above me, to where the tall fig tree… — Odysseus
• They sewed fig-leaves together and made themselves aprons. -Genesis iii. 7. — Bible
• Matthew 21:21 Jesus replied, I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done… — Jesus

Who Wrote These Fig Quotes

49 authors contributed a total of 59 Fig Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 4 Fig Quotes by Sylvia Plath
• 3 Fig Quotes by Bible
• 2 Fig Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
• 2 Fig Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
• 2 Fig Quotes by George Washington
• 2 Fig Quotes by Epictetus
• 2 Fig Quotes by John Heywood
• 1 Fig Quote by Hilda Doolittle
• 1 Fig Quote by James Russell Lowell
• 1 Fig Quote by Franklin P. Adams
• 1 Fig Quote by Hal Lindsey
• 1 Fig Quote by Brigitte Bardot
• 1 Fig Quote by Edwin Louis Cole
• 1 Fig Quote by Jonathan Swift
• 1 Fig Quote by Paracelsus
• 1 Fig Quote by S. Parkes Cadman
• 1 Fig Quote by Yann Martel
• 1 Fig Quote by Thom Hartmann
• 1 Fig Quote by Lucian
• 1 Fig Quote by Robert Frost
• 1 Fig Quote by Florence King
• 1 Fig Quote by Laini Taylor
• 1 Fig Quote by J. B. Priestley
• 1 Fig Quote by Larry McMurtry
• 1 Fig Quote by Charles Dickens