Apples Quotes - Page 36

• Thy breath is like the steame of apple-pyes.

  Robert Greene

  Food, Cooking, Apple Pie

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• The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart; She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple-tart.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Food, Heart, White

  Robert Louis Stevenson, Fern Bisel Peat (2012). “A Child's Garden of Verses”, p.34, Courier Dover Publications

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• Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin.

  Andy Hertzfeld

  Taken, Thinking, Office

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• A little group of thatched cottages in the middle of the village had an orchard attached; and I remember well the peculiar purity of the blue sky seen through the white clusters of apple blossom in spring. I remember being moonstruck looking at it one morning early on my way to school. It meant something for me; what, I couldn't say. It gave me such an unease at heart, some reaching out towards perfection such as impels men into religion, some sense of the transcendence of things, of the fragility of our hold on life.

  A. L. Rowse

  Morning, Spring, School

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• The whole foundation of Christianity is based on the idea that intellectualism is the work of the Devil. Remember the apple on the tree? Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. You eat this apple, you're going to be as smart as God. We can't have that.

  Frank Zappa

  Smart, Ideas, Tree

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• NEWTONIAN, Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Philosophy, Fall, Science

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.149, 谷月社

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• The mighty hunter," I quipped as we snuck out the backdoor, escaping into the yard. "He can take down vicious rabids and rampaging boars, but one old lady can make him flee in terror.""One scary old lady," he corrected me, looking relieved to be out of the house. "You didn't hear what she told me when I got up - you're so cute I could put you in a pie. Tell me that's not the creepiest thing you've ever heard." His voice climbed a few octaves, turning shrill and breathy. "Today for dessert, we have apple pie, blueberry pie and Ezekiel pie.

  Julie Kagawa

  Cute, Escaping, Voice

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• Apple likes me, but they strongly prefer my money.

  Tom Anderson

  Likes, Programming

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• Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple

  Og Mandino

  Envy, Worms

  Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.115, Bantam

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• Today the world lost a visionary leader, the technology industry lost an iconic legend and I lost a friend and fellow founder. The legacy of Steve Jobs will be remembered for generations to come. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to the Apple team.

  Michael Dell

  Jobs, Prayer, Team

  "Nationwide Outpouring of Remembrance for Apple's Steve Jobs", www.foxnews.com. October 5, 2011.

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• There are freaky talking mannequins in the Salem Witch Museum that recite the Lord's Prayer and while they do resemble shrunken apples they nevertheless help the visitor understand how hard it must have been for the condemned to say the line about forgiving those who trespass against us.

  Sarah Vowell

  Prayer, Museums, Talking

  Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• A thousand trees are seen towards heaven rising, With beautiful and sweetly-scented apples; The orange, wearing on its lovely fruit The colour Daphne carried in her hair; Bent low, nay almost fallen to the ground, The citron, heavy with its yellow load; And, last, the graceful lemon with its fruit Of pleasant smell and shaped like virgins' breasts.

  Luis de Camoes

  Beautiful, Hair, Yellow

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• If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why she used artificial sweetener or stole the apples!

  Sam Donaldson

  Mom, Mother, Pie

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• That's like comparing apples with hermaphroditic ground sloths.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Sloth, Fruit, Compare

  Chuck Klosterman (2013). “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs”, p.80, Faber & Faber

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• You know, I lose patience really easily; I'd rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody's business.

  Gail Simmons

  Stores, Groceries, Shops

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• Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Winning, Men, Dragons

  D. H. Lawrence (1956). “The Virgin and the Gipsy”

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• Here's a test you can try at home, Put a 2 year old in a playpen with an apple and a rabbit. If it plays with the apple and eats the rabbit, you've got a carnivore.

  Dan Piraro

  Home, Years, Play

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• We’ve all heard the expression, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away.’ Well, I’ve got a good question for you: What if it’s true? Wouldn’t that be easy to do-to eat an apple a day? Here’s the problem: It’s also easy not to do.

  Jim Rohn

  Doctors, Expression, What If

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Nov 07, 2015

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• Apple Watch is the most personal device we've ever created.

  Tim Cook

  Watches, Apple Watch, Devices

  "Tim Cook Gave His Most In-Depth Interview To Date — Here's What He Said". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.businessinsider.com. September 20, 2014.

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• A logo doesn't need to say what a company does. Restaurant logos don't need to show food, dentist logos don't need to show teeth, furniture store logos don't need to show furniture. Just because it's relevant, doesn't mean you can't do better. The Mercedes logo isn't a car. The Virgin Atlantic logo isn't an airplane. The Apple logo isn't a computer. Etc.

  David Airey

  Airplane, Mean, Car

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• If you subsidize apples, you get more apples; if you subsidize unemployment, you get more of it.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Unemployment, Ifs

  "Obama rekindles ‘poor’ war" By Chris Stirewalt, www.foxnews.com. January 7, 2014.

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• Apple doesn't do hobbies as a general rule.

  Tim Cook

  Hobbies

  "LIVE: Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks!". www.businessinsider.com. February 14, 2012.

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• I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

  Tim Cook

  Who I Am, Ceo, Focused

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• I don't really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple.

  Tim Cook

  Thinking, Pressure, Doe

  "Apple unveils Mac OS X Mountain Lion" by Josh Halliday, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2012.

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• I don't think Apple has to own a content business.

  Tim Cook

  Thinking

  "Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Hot Seat at D". Interview with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, allthingsd.com. May 29, 2012.

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