Julia Child Quotes

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

Julia Child

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 15, 1912 - August 13, 2004

Topics

TodayGreatWomanWarPeopleWorld

Adversity is an opportunity for growth. And an opportunity to really know who your friends are.

Megyn Kelly

GrowthAdversityOpportunityFriends

I actually grew up in a house in which bees lived in one of the walls, and they lived there 18 years, in fact, so it wasn't a fleeting thing.

Sue Monk Kidd

WallsHouseFleetingYearsUpLived

It's torturous what my siblings put me through. I can take any Olympic final, I can fight in a world championship and fall behind and win in sudden death, but when it comes to my siblings, it's out of my control. There's not much I can do.

Steven Lopez

DeathFightMeControlWinWorld

I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.'

Tommy Cooper

MeKitchenYouCheeseSaidLegs

I love memory sticks. They seem to me to be magic.

Ruth Rendell

LoveMemoryMeMagicSeemSticks

I don't buy that there's nothing we can do to stop criminals and the mentally ill from killing if they want to.

Mike Quigley

StopWantNothingBuyCriminalsIll

My favorite memory is my five years with the Nuggets. From my first day to my last day is a great memory. There wasn't a year that I was a Nugget that I didn't think we succeeded.

Dikembe Mutombo

GreatDayMemoryThinkYearFirst

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.

Aretha Franklin

FashionAlwaysYesBeenConscious

I want to earn a reader's capacity to be moved.

Antonya Nelson

WantEarnCapacityReaderMoved

Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There's no reason to resent or to fight against each other.

Annette Lu

FightNeighborsReasonChinaAgainst

As I get older, the book projects are - liberating is one word, but they really are me.

Annie Leibovitz

MeBookOne WordGetOlderWord

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

William O'Neill

IntellectualTryNeverProfessed

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