"Probably one of the most private things in……" — M.F.K. Fisher

"Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken."

— M.F.K. Fisher

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68 Quotes by M.F.K. Fisher

M.F.K. Fisher has 68 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged…
For me, a plain baked potato is the most delicious one....It is soothing and enough.
In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We…
There are may of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often it is hard…
Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more…
Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied…
There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is…
. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or…
Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper.…
I sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to,…
Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.
It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to…

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Moshing and broken glass just don't go together. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of… — Joe Baca
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. — Abigail Adams
I've had my heart broken one too many times. — Tyra Banks
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. — Henry Adams
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. — James M. Barrie
Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families… — Gary Bauer
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the… — Simone de Beauvoir
I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements,… — Xavier Becerra
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right… — Henry Ward Beecher
In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better,… — Gael Garcia Bernal
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken. — Yogi Berra

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