#dish

There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with the mountains of Sweden and Swedish joy in nature. ↗

— Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

#centuries #freshness #joy #lightness #linked

When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order. ↗

— Erica Jong

#dishes #embarrassed #him #home #husband

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#enigma #material #material world #spiritual #spiritual world

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#fertile #states #terrorism #turmoil #weakening

I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince me that I am not on the wrong track. ↗

— Pieter Zeeman

#academy #am #contribute #convince #count

I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past. ↗

— Len Wein

#dishonest #go #i #i think #inherently

I want to share my life with you, to be monogamous with you, and my past is in the past. I wish there was some way I could prove it to you, once and for all. I do have a sordid past, but I’ve never lied to any of the women I’ve been with, and I’ve never promised to anyone the things I promise to you. ↗

— R.K. Lilley

#james-cavendish #love #life

A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.' ↗

— Gene Wilder

#child #childish #comic #comics #derive

My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career. ↗

— Caroline Wozniacki

#career #cleaning #dishes #had #i

Evergreens are prudish. Evergreens over the holidays are a tease. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #prudishness #trees #funny