Al Dente Quotes & Sayings

So what are you in the mood for? (Sunshine) How about naked Sunshine al dente covered in whipped cream and chocolate? We could even put a cherry on top. (Talon) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Myself, I couldn't help think of anything in the world better than stirring sharp white cheddar, smoked Gouda, creamy Havarti, Monterey Jack, and a touch of piquant Maytag blue cheese into a bubbling hot white sauce, stirring it to a thick honey consistency, and pouring it over al dente macaroni to toast to a crispy deep golden on top. — Beth Harbison

Patience wins the race. — Bernard Barton

In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables. — Yotam Ottolenghi

When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I'm not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It's really more about how I feel and about being healthy. — Queen Latifah

It's other people who make us wise, and I haven't known nearly enough. — Mary E. Pearson

I may be middle class, but I'm hard. 'Al dente', you could say. — Jimmy Carr

So why do people keep on watching? The answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. In fact, deep in their hearts, this is what the spuds crave most: a rich, new, participatory life. — Barbara Ehrenreich

There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics ... When this country is operating off a common ground, nobody can stop us. But when we're divided, then we end up having a whole lot of self-inflicted problems. — Barack Obama

Never had she come so hard that she'd been left a noodle. Al dente, she thought. — Erin Kellison

What does it mean when someone supports Manchester United or whatever it's called?"
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"They always win. So they've started believing they deserve to. — Fredrik Backman

War crimes will be prosecuted. War criminals will be punished. And it will be no defense to say, 'I was just following orders.' — George W. Bush

I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through ... So maybe you push a little further in the first show. — D. B. Sweeney

I received a shot and broke my tooth. Unfortunately, we Italians only eat pasta al dente. — Roberto Baggio

The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event. — Luis Carlos Montalvan

I knew it was coming. I knew they didn't have the nerve.
Three days in and they've got faces like vexed tomatoes, their skins flaking sci-fi style: burnt to fuck. They were an embarrassment; not only to me and the wife and The Fall fans but to their own generation. — Mark E. Smith

I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people. — Zoe Kazan

Come to think of it, she seemed awfully sure about those ten minutes: it was the first thing out of her mouth. As if nine minutes would be too short or eleven minutes too long. Like cooking spaghetti al dente. — Haruki Murakami

We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall. — Joko Beck

My soul is the bridge between spirit and body and, as such, is a uniter of opposites. Without soul at center, I would either transcend into spirit or become mired in matter. — Marion Woodman