"Our lives are not in the lap of……" — Lin Yutang
"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."
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83 Quotes by Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang has 83 quotes on this site.
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I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
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The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little…
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However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated…
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Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his…
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No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful…
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Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to…
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It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.
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Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India
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I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of…
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Art is both creation and recreation.
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Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus…
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Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old…
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More Cooking Quotes
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,…
— Karen Armstrong
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I would love to go on 'MasterChef'. But while I really like cooking, I'm doubtful anyone would ever want to…
— Ed Balls
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I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up…
— Lance Bass
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I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my…
— Mario Batali
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I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking.
— James Beard
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A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.
— James Beard
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Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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I work very hard at relationships. I've done the thing of being home. I worked all day and came home…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food,…
— Andrea Bocelli
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You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.
— Anthony Bourdain
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The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding…
— Anthony Bourdain
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My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit…
— Tom Brady
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