“She is pasty and podgy, with the eyes of a currant bun, suddenly protruding with animation.”

“You could no more make an agreement with them than you could nail currant jelly to a wall - and the failure to nail current jelly to a wall is not due to the nail; it is due to the currant jelly.”

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States

“I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

“Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.”

Nancy Mitford book The Pursuit of Love

“If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!”

Kerry Greenwood (1954) Australian crime writer

“If I bought a company that made hot dog buns, on Day 1 we would add two buns to every package… Day 2, work on deliciousness.”

Mitch Hedberg (1968–2005) American stand-up comedian

“She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She lifted her little savage hand and knocked Emily off the chair, bursting into a passion of sobbing- Sara who never cried.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess

“The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.”

T. H. White (1906–1964) author

“My anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns, hon.”

Sir Mix-a-Lot (1963) American rapper

“The mother… swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist