Parsnips Quotes

• There is a southern proverb - fine words butter no parsnips.

  Walter Scott

  Southern, Fine Words, Fine

  Sir Walter Scott (1855). “The Waverley Novels: The bride of Lammermoor. A legend of Montrose. Ivanhoe”, p.229

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• I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

  Stevie Smith

  Food, Vegetables, Knives

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• I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips.

  Julia Child

  Vegetables, Roots, Carrots

  Fuente: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Fine Words, Half, Sauce

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.148

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• What is this?” he went on now, spearing an unfortunate object on a fork and raising it to eye level. “This… this… thing?” “A parsnip?” Jem suggested. “A parsnip planted in Satan’s own garden.” said Will. He glanced about. “I don’t suppose there’s a dog I could feed it to.” “There don’t seem to be any pets about,” Jem—who loved all animals, even the inglorious and ill-tempered Church—observed. “Probably all poisoned by parsnips,” said Will.

  Cassandra Clare

  Perro, Ojo, Animal

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.558, Simon and Schuster

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• And that is ... how they are. So terribly physically all over one another. They pour themselves one over the other like so much melted butter over parsnips. They catch each other under the chin, with a tender caress of the hand, and they smile with sunny melting tenderness into each other's face.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Hands, Melting, Faces

  D. H. Lawrence (2016). “Sea and Sardinia: Top Novelist Focus”, p.6, 谷月社

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• Sencillo", respondió Tummeler. El arándano es una de las grandes fuerzas del bien en el mundo'. ¿Cómo lo sabes?", dijo Charles. Bueno -dijo Tummeler-, ¿has visto alguna vez a un troll, a un Wendigo o -se estremeció- a un nacido de las sombras comiendo un pastel de arándanos? No -admitió Charles. Eso es -dijo Tummeler-. Es porque no soportan lo bueno que tiene'. No puedo discutir contigo -dijo Charles-. Hay alimentos buenos y malos, como las personas, o los tejones, o incluso los chivatos". ¿Comida mala? Las chirivías -dijo Tummeler- son tan malas como las que más.

  James A. Owen

  Simple, Tarta, Gente

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• The evidence from both approaches, statistical and experimental, does not appear sufficiently significant to me to warrant forsaking the pleasure of smoking. As a matter of fact, if the investigations had been pointed toward some material that I thoroughly dislike, such as parsnips, I still would not feel that evidence of the type presented constituted a reasonable excuse for eliminating the things from my diet. I will still continue to smoke, and if the tobacco companies cease manufacturing their product, I will revert to sweet fern and grape leaves.

  Harry S.N. Greene

  Sweet, Science, Smoking

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• In entertainment value, the Democratic clambake usually lays it over the Republican conclave like ice cream over parsnips.

  Red Smith

  Ice Cream, Politics, Entertainment

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