Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Bleeds
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Bleeds
“That cup of tea is definately not down your alley”
Jean Ferris (1939–2015) American children's writer
Source: Once Upon a Marigold
“Life is half delicious yogurt, half crap, and your job is to keep the plastic spoon in the yogurt.”
Scott Adams (1957) cartoonist, writer
Dilbert Blog, Sleepless in California, 2006-07-21, http://web.archive.org/20060814050102/dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/07/sleepless_in_ca.html, 2006-08-14 http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/07/sleepless_in_ca.html,
“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
E.M. Forster (1879–1970) English novelist
“A Horse, a Bucket and a Spoon.”
Terry Jones (1942–2020) Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director and author
Graham Chapman A Liar's Autobiography (London: Eyre Methuen, 1980) p. 152.
Jones' suggested title for the show that was eventually named Monty Python's Flying Circus.
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves”
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
The Miracle of Mindfulness (1999)
Context: Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.
“You ever dip your biscuit in your tea and it breaks. I swear now, you never get used to that.”
Peter Kay (1973) English writer, producer, actor and comedian
Mum Wants A Bungalow Tour [2003]
“Start with a shovel, wind up with a spoon”
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
Rolling Stone Magazine interview, March 1970 http://crosstowntorrents.org/archive/index.php/t-1112.html
“Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!”
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer