Plate Quotes

477 Plate quotes by 419 unique authors

For a moment, or a second, the pinched expressions of the cynical, world-weary, throat-cutting, miserable bastards we've all had to become disappears, when we're confronted… — Anthony Bourdain
YOU are using a frisbee as a plate." "Uh, what? I'm not using a--oh hang on, this is a frisbee. Weird." Victor glared at me.… — Jenny Lawson
Uriah drops his tray next to me. It is loaded with beef stew and chocolate cake. I stare at the cake pile. “There was cake?”… — Veronica Roth
She could see the name Fukamachi on a shiny name-plate by the door of the house, but it was a name that meant nothing to… — Yasutaka Tsutsui
I do not think I exaggerate when I say that some of us put our offering in the plate with a kind of triumphant bounce… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Grown-ups shouldn’t finish books they’re not enjoying. When you’re no longer a child, and you no longer live at home, you don’t have to finish… — John Irving
By the Angel, Bridget’s depressing,” said Henry, setting down his newspaper directly on his plate and causing the edge to soak through with egg yolk.… — Cassandra Clare
A man fishes for two reasons: he’s either sport fishing or fishing to eat, which means he’s either going to try to catch the biggest… — Steve Harvey
That’s really sweet.” He grinned and reached for a plate. “Then I believe my mission is accomplished.” Laughing softly so I didn’t wake up Cage,… — Abbi Glines
Naturally, Coach Hedge went ballistic; but Percy found it hard to take the satyr seriously since he was barely five feet tall. "Never in my… — Rick Riordan
There was something I was always very good at, however, and that was teaching myself not to be frightened while frightening things are going on.… — Daniel Handler
Better be careful talking about how good my cooking is. Roslyn might get jealous.” The vampire madam let out a soft laugh. “Oh, I’ll freely… — Jennifer Estep
[A]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened to the game… — O. Henry
When we return, I will put you forward for Ascension,” Charlotte finished. “I will speak out for her case as well,” Gideon said. “After all,… — Cassandra Clare
Indeed." Will let his cutlery clatter onto his plate. "The Consul? Breaking up our breakfast time? Whatever next? The Inquisitor over for tea? Picnics with… — Cassandra Clare
Magnus, you were trying to flirt with your own plate." "I'm a very open-minded sort of fellow! — Cassandra Clare
Magnus, you were trying to flirt with your own plate." "I'm a very open-minded sort of fellow!" "Ragnor is not," Catarina said. "When he found… — Cassandra Clare
That's a lot of vegetables. "It is, yes, and if you eat them like a good girl..." He lifted the silver lid on another plate,… — Nora Roberts
Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still on your plate.… — Daniel Handler
ALICE She drank from a bottle called DRINK ME And she grew so tall, She ate from a plate called TASTE ME And down she… — Shel Silverstein
...a young man, Jamaican, perhaps, his head circled in a scarf with sunbleached dreadlocks on piled on top, looking like a plate of soft-shell crabs. — Steve Martin
Do you have spies in Clan Heavy?” “I have spies everywhere.” I looked at Andrea, who was hoarding bacon on her plate. “She had tea… — Ilona Andrews
Transfer the point of concentration to some object outside of yourself - another person, a puzzle, a broken plate that you are gluing. — Sanford Meisner
When a child is born, a father is born. A mother is born, too of course, but at least for her it's a gradual process.… — Frederick Buechner
You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate. — Duke Snider

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