“Poetry is my life, my postmark, my hands, my kitchen, my face.”
Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States
Do You Believe in Gosh?
“Poetry is my life, my postmark, my hands, my kitchen, my face.”
Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 2, ch. 12
Jean Louise (Scout) Finch
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Harriet Martineau (1802–1876) English writer and sociologist
Occupation, vol. 3, Society in America (1837).
Grace Paley (1922–2007) American writer and activist
"The Contest" (1959)
“Revolution begins in the kitchen.”
Helen Garner (1942) Australian author
Other Peoples Children (1980)
“Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen.”
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641) English playwright, actor, and author
History of Women (ed. 1624), p. 286. Compare: "He ruleth all the roste", John Skelton, Why Come ye not to Courte (published c. 1550), Line 198; "Rule the rost", John Heywood, Proverbs (1546) part i. chap. v.; "Rules the roast", Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Marston: Eastward Ho, act ii. sc. 1.; William Shakespeare, 2 Henry VI. act i. sc. 1.
“And ladies and gentlemen, the kitchen is closed!”
Mike Lange (1948) Canadian sportscaster
Lange described the call: "I went into a place to try and get something to eat and the lady very distinctly said to me, 'The kitchen is closed!' I said, 'Wow. There's the end, that's it, you can't eat any more, you haven't got a prayer.' I said, 'That's finality, baby!'"
"Eddie Spaghetti! The Story Behind Mike Lange-isms"
“Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
A Sketch, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).