“I care not who hoes the lettuce of my country if I can eat the salad!”
"Mr. Icky"
Quoted, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)
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American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes
Eamon (singer) (1984) American singer
Lyrics, I Don't Want You Back (2004)
“What am I looking at? I want to eat you like a tossed fucking salad!”
Andrew Dice Clay (1957) American comedian and actor
Dice Rules (1991)
“Might I make free with your lettuce, my lady?”
Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight
Source: Lady Midnight
“If salads sounded like Justin Bieber, children would eat more vegetables.”
Neil Harbisson (1984) Catalan-Irish musician, artist and activist
As quoted in Folha (8 February 2012) "Na Campus Party, artista ciborgue conta como usa olho para ouvir cores" http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/tec/1046067-na-campus-party-artista-ciborgue-conta-como-usa-olho-para-ouvir-cores.shtml
“My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood,
To say as I said then!”
Cleopatra VII (-69–-30 BC) last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
As quoted, Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Act I, scene V (1623)
“It’s certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat
Whereby the Horn of plenty is undone.”
W.B. Yeats book Michael Robartes and the Dancer
St. 4 <br class="br">Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921), A Prayer For My Daughter http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1421/
Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian
What does he think I'm gonna do? "Dis is not de salad of my people! In my homeland, dey use mandarin orange slices...and crispy wonton crunches!"
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