Chiquita Quotes & Sayings

The person with the bleeding finger doesn't hurt less for the person next to him with the bleeding arm. — Elizabeth Berg

The wounds were burning like suns at five in the afternoon, and the crowd broke the windows At five in the afternoon. Ah, that fatal five in the afternoon! It was five by all the clocks! It was five in the shade of the afternoon! — Federico Garcia Lorca

It is desirable to avoid trivial and evil company altogether - unless one can assert oneself fully, and thus make the other doubt his own position. — Erich Fromm

Are you ready to bring back a weapon from another world? — Paul Christensen

Los Angeles is the nation's cultural scapegoat. — Sandra Tsing Loh

I feel as disappointed as if I'd just opened a parcel full of ghosts. — Mathias Malzieu

I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great. — Steve Cropper

What I enjoy most with acting is when it's a good scene with one or two other actors, and you feel a strong connection, and you don't know how you're going to respond, and everybody is listening to each other and getting affected by each other, and even though you've rehearsed it many times, it feels like it's happening right now. — Joel Kinnaman

I called her "the Chiquita Banana Lady" and I meant it as a compliment: who didn't want to look adorable with a pile of fruit on her head? — Susan Jane Gilman

But a deep walk with God does not come effortlessly. If it did, many more people would have one.
First, you must decide you're unwilling to remain where you are.
Second, you must be prepared to pay a price. Will you rise earlier so you can spend unhurried tome with Him? Will you forgo comforts and pleasures so you can focus on your walk with Him? — Richard Blackaby

Writing is inherently scary. — Jonathan Galassi

We are our stories - dozens, hundreds, thousands of them - sprayed across our memories, embedded in our identity. Calling them up for others or for ourselves or for God, can enlighten, crush, amuse, trap, or free us, depending on how we pay attention. — Emma Lou Warner Thayne

Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports. — Mason Cooley

For a sailor to sail around the world, the thought is just, sometimes, too much. Thus, one simply goes from port to port in the same direction. — Hal Moore

Chiquita, women spend a lot of time sittin' around bitchin' that there are no good men out there.
I hate to tell you this, but there aren't a lot of good women either.
The difference is, when a man sees one, he knows it.
Then, he goes after her and wears her down until she's his.
Then, if he's any man at all, he won't let her go. — Kristen Ashley

Religion tells you to be sincere to yourself and be sincere to everyone else otherwise you cannot assimilate [attain] religion. — Dada Bhagwan

I'm off for two weeks, so until I get back, take the characters in this tweet and parcel them out one per day. Use this Q wisely. — Stephen Colbert

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve. — Xavier Cugat

Chiquita was dancing with a brother who was so old I'd bet he used to baby-sit God. — Eric Jerome Dickey

I told Chiquita if a man hadn't made a date with her for a Saturday night before Saturday night, he didn't want to be bothered with her on a Saturday night. — Eric Jerome Dickey

But, chiquita, you must understand that while you are here, I expect you to come to me and share your fears. Even if I am the one causing them. — Cherise Sinclair

I'll buy Chiquita bananas with your smoking-fund money cos this monkey is our future. All hail the monkey! — Jonathan Dunne