(11 quotes found)
“Erection is chiefly caused by parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruised to a powder drunk in muscatel”
Aristotle
“This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip”
Richard Burton
“One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground”
Samuel Butler
“I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.”
Marlene Dietrich
“You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip”
Proverb
“You can't get blood out of a turnip”
“Do I look like a turnip that just fell off the turnip truck”
“Our first intent was to squeeze the blood out of our local turnip. That was the general game plan for everybody. But it's come to the point where we've squeezed that turnip as much as we can.”
Jonathan Brown
“Beets and turnips do well here, ... but not carrots. Back in Iowa, the carrots grew so big you couldn't pull them out by hand. You needed a shovel.”
Roy Ellis
“It's the secret for beautiful guacamole or fruit salad. Also potatoes, cauliflower and turnips stay white when you add lemon juice to the cooking water.”
Emily Hines
