Tomatoes Quotes - Page 5

• Si no te gusta la sopa de tomate, no compras sopa de tomate.

  Kathleen Parker

  Soup, Ifs

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• Strategies grow initially like weeds in a garden, they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.

  Henry Mintzberg

  Weed, Garden, Strategy

  Henry Mintzberg (2003). “The Strategy Process: Concepts, Contexts, Cases”, p.415, Pearson Education

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• The time will come when this luscious golden tomato, rich in nutrition, a delight to the eye, a joy to the palate whether fried, baked, broiled or even eaten raw will form the foundation of a great garden industry.

  Robert Johnson

  Food, Eye, Garden

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• The Flavr Savr wasn't about taste at all; that was just the name. It was about the shape and the shipability of it. My dad's company was all about flavor. His tomatoes are some of the best selling at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.

  Sanjay Rawal

  Dad, Names, Flavor

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.

  Barbara Pym

  Food, Wine, Simple

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• If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Believe, Food, Men

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• Listen, boy, just ask the chef to make me a proper Full English Breakfast. You know, bacon, fried eggs, sausages, liver, grilled mushrooms and tomatoes, black pudding, kidneys, baked beans, fried bread, toast and served with strong English mustard, mind - none of this effete French muck - and a large mug of hot, strong Indian tea.

  Bryan Talbot

  Strong, Boys, Mushrooms

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• The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes.

  Kristin Cashore

  Garden, Trust Me, Stakes

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.108, Penguin

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• George Jessel’s newest pick-me-up which is receiving attention from the town’s paragraphers is called a Bloody Mary: half tomato juice, half vodka.

  Lucio Beebe

  Pick Me Up, Towns, Receiving

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• A loss of any kind is horrible. Not because it takes away, but because it makes you believe- in newspapers, in tomatoes, in empty whiskey bottles.

  Anosh Irani

  Believe, Loss, Bottles

  Anosh Irani (2013). “The Cripple And His Talismans”, p.26, HarperCollins Publishers India

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• La América del futuro será todo centros comerciales conectados por interestatales. Todo porque tus padres ya no enlatan sus propios tomates.

  Garrison Keillor

  Simple, America, Parent

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• First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford.

  Paul Michael Glaser

  Guy, Police, Champion

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Is it a good hot dog? That’s all I want to know … I don’t think the personal health and purity of my colon is that important compared to pleasure. As a chef, I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist. I’m in the pleasure business …. My responsibility is to give you the most delicious tomato that I can afford, given the circumstances, and maybe increase the likelihood that you get laid after dinner.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Perro, Responsabilidad, Pensamiento

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• I must have been born under an unlucky star. You know I have filled out entry blanks for every single drawing in the supermarket for the last twelve years, and the only thing I ever won was a coupon for a small little jar of tomato paste. But they were out of tomato paste, and by the time they got more in, my coupon had expired. And now I have venereal disease.

  Louise Lasser

  Stars, Filled Out, Years

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• You can't eat tomatoes because they're tainted with deadly salmonella. First there was tainted lettuce. Now, tainted tomatoes. Who would have thought that the healthiest part of a B.L.T. would be the bacon?

  David Letterman

  Would Be, Firsts, Lettuce

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• The yard was full of tomato plants about to ripen, and mint, mint, everything smelling of mint, and one fine old tree that I loved to sit under on those cool perfect starry California October nights unmatched anywhere in the world.

  Jack Kerouac

  Night, California, Perfect

  Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.17, Penguin

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• Tacos." "Tacos?" I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. "Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese." "I know what a taco is!

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Tacos, Cheese, Hush

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “Hush, Hush”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Grateful, Mushrooms, Soup

  Sarah Addison Allen (2007). “Garden Spells”, p.128, Bantam

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• Clary stopped wondering about peanut-fish-olive-tomato soup and started wondering what would happen if she dumped the contents of the pot on Isabelle’s head.

  Cassandra Clare

  Soup, Olives, Wonder

  Cassandra Clare (2012). "Cassandra Clare: Serie Los instrumentos mortales (5 libros): Ciudad de huesos; Ciudad de cenizas; Ciudad de cristal; Ciudad de ángeles caídos, Ciudad de almas perdidas", p.136, Simon and Schuster.

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• Don't give me no rotten tomato, 'cause all I ever wanted was your sweet potato.

  Sarah Dessen

  Sweet, Giving, Rotten

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.87, Penguin

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• First,” he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.” He dipped his head so his mouth was at my ear. His breath was warm, tickling my skin. “Good. Now pick up the knife.” “Does the chef always stand this close?” I asked, not sure if I liked or feared the flutter his closeness caused inside me. “When he’s revealing culinary secrets, yes.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Hands, Knives, Secret

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• Cooking isn’t taught,” Patch said. “It’s inherent. Either you’ve got it or you don’t. Like chemistry. You think you’re ready for chemistry?” I pressed the knife down through the tomato; it split in two, each half rocking gently on the cutting board. “You tell me. Am I ready for chemistry?” Patch made a deep sound I couldn’t decipher and grinned.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Cutting, Thinking, Knives

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• An hour before his world exploded like a ripe tomato under a stiletto heel, Myron bit into a fresh pastry that tasted suspiciously like urinal cake.

  Harlan Coben

  Cake, World, Hours

  Harlan Coben (2008). “Darkest Fear: A Myron Bolitar Novel”, p.1, Dell

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• Once she'd loved my filet mignon, my carnivore inklings, but now she was a vegan princess, living off of beans. She'd given up the cheese and bacon, sworn off Burger King, and when I wouldn't do the same she gave me back my ring. I stood there by the romaine lettuce, feeling my heart pine. Wishing that this meatless beauty still would be all mine. She turned around to go to checkout, fifteen items or less. And I knew this was the last go-round, so this is what I said. ... "Don't you ever give me no rotten tomato, 'cause all I ever wanted was your sweet potato.

  Sarah Dessen

  Sweet, Kings, Princess

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• The crooked little tomato branches, pulpy and pale as if made of cheap green paper, broke under the weight of so much fruit; there was something frantic in such fertility, a crying-out like that of children frantic to please.

  John Updike

  Children, Paper, Weight

  John Updike (2007). “The Witches of Eastwick”, p.8, Penguin UK

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