Wooden Spoons Quotes

• My mom said the two most important kitchen utensils are attached to your arms... you cannot mix up meatballs with a wooden spoon, get in there, get your fingers dirty!

  Rachael Ray

  Mom, Dirty, Two

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• I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!

  Van Morrison

  Moon, Spoons, Silver

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• Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.

  Mitt Romney

  Spoons, Silver, Born

  "Mitt Romney: ‘95% Of Life Is Set Up For You If You’re Born In This Country’" By Ryan Grim, Arthur Delaney, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 20, 2012.

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• You have not been sticking your dirty fingers in my sauce,’’ Eve said, and pointed her wooden spoon at him. He quickly took the finger out of his mouth. ‘‘First off, they’re not dirty. I licked them first.

  Rachel Caine

  Dirty, Spoons, Mouths

  Rachel Caine (2010). “The Morganville Vampires:”, p.1004, Penguin

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• It's actually technically impossible for a woman to argue against feminism. Without feminism, you wouldn't be allowed to have a debate on a woman's place in society. You'd be too busy giving birth on the kitchen floor, biting down on a wooden spoon so as not to disturb the men's card game, before going back to hoeing the rutabaga field.

  Caitlin Moran

  Men, Games, Giving

  "Not A Feminist? Caitlin Moran Asks, Why Not?". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 29, 2016.

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• Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Men

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• Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man's creativity, proof that man has not yet been destroyed by technology. But are we making things for the people of our epoch or repeating what has been done before? And finally, is the question itself important? We must ask ourselves that. The most important thing is always to doubt the importance of the question.

  Orson Welles

  Wall, Believe, Creativity

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• The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with him, but truthfully I would rather listen to retarded children pounding on pan lids with wooden spoons.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Funny, Children, Likes

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “Magical Thinking”, p.158, Atlantic Books Ltd

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