Plate Quotes
477 Plate quotes by 419 unique authors
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He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart
— C.S. Lewis
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Since I’ve been on my own, I’ve been eating a lot of popcorn, cereal, instant noodles, and snack bars. I have a hot plate in…
— Karen Marie Moning
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She came awake, stomach rumbling, and opened her eyes to see a plate being held right under her nose. When she reached for it, Shane…
— Rachel Caine
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It's a sad day when Myrnin is the safe choice, she thought. Apparently, he thought so, too, because he gave her a long, troubled look…
— Rachel Caine
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... Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one…
— Alan Bennett
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When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground, it makes a crashing sound. When a window shatters, a table breaks, or a…
— Cecelia Ahern
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The place didn't look the same but it felt the same; sensations clutched and transformed me. I stood outside some concrete and plate-glass tower-block, picked…
— Penelope Lively
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I tend to vacillate between belief systems. Right now I'm kind of checking out the whole buffet, you know, and maybe in a little while…
— Kevin Hearne
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My mother had been slicing up the chicken. She took a drumstick and dropped it on the floor. She kicked it around a little, picked…
— Janet Evanovich
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I got half-a-dozen paintings from that shattered plate.
— Georgia O'Keeffe
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A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands…
— Phyllis McGinley
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More like a chocolate molten lava cake. A dessert so sinful, so luscious, so filled with inner heat it made a girl want to lick…
— Julie James
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Rodney set a plate in front of me and one in front of my mother. I almost fainted when she began to eat instead of…
— Jeaniene Frost
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They're headed for some place called the Great Barrier." "A place that doesn't exist." Liv was shaking her head, checking the rotating dials on her…
— Kami Garcia
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And what are your interests and hobbies, Nicholas?" Annabel asked faintly, sounding like a cross between a television interviewer and a hostage. Nick considered this…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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Whenever anything happens in America, they have to gold-plate it, like baby shoes. That way you can forget it.
— Stephen King
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This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey. It leaves a footprint. It…
— Joel Salatin
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Open the fridge and put My heart on a plate. I'm just as you left me, and I taste even better leftover.
— Cecily von Ziegesar
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... People are still disturbingly vague about the treatment of animals. People still seem to believe that meat is a particular substance not at all…
— Steven Morrissey
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IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand, or maybe your…
— Kenneth Oppel
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Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.
— Douglas Adams
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It's normal at this point for the fear-anger syndrome to take over and make you want to hammer on that side plate with a chisel,…
— Robert M. Pirsig
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And of course Charlotte hasn't eaten a bit of dinner," Henry said, getting up. "I'll go see if Bridget can't make her up a plate…
— Cassandra Clare
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Sunday, January 27, 1884. -- There was another story in the paper a week or so since. A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he…
— Beatrix Potter
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A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven.
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
Who Wrote These Plate Quotes
419 authors contributed a total of 477 Plate Quotes, led by these top contributors: