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Pearl Bailey Quotes - Page 2

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My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.

My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.

Pearl Bailey
Food, Past, Bridges

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

Pearl Bailey
Love, Life, Heartbreak

Fate carries its own clock.

Pearl Bailey
Fate, Timing, Clock
Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

Pearl Bailey
Peace, People, African American
Pearl Bailey (1973). “Pearl's Kitchen: An Extraordinary Cookbook”, Harcourt

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Pearl Bailey
Achievement, Youth, Young
Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket

You can taste a word.

Pearl Bailey
Taste
"Newsweek" Magazine, December 4, 1967.

How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

Pearl Bailey
Men, Doors, Giving
Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket

I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there.

Pearl Bailey
Religious, Food, Cooking
Pearl Bailey (1973). “Pearl's Kitchen: An Extraordinary Cookbook”, Harcourt

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.

Pearl Bailey
Life, Devil, Doe

I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

Pearl Bailey
Music, Thank God, Tunes

The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of himself into the preparation - he cooks with enjoyment, anticipation, spontaneity, and he is willing to experiment.

Pearl Bailey
Cooking, Preparation, Ingredients
Pearl Bailey (1973). “Pearl's Kitchen: An Extraordinary Cookbook”, Harcourt

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