Quotes & Sayings About Lemons

When life hands you lemons - SQUAT! Squats make everything better. And if squats don't, bacon will — Anna Lee

I guess when life hands you lemons, chop 'em up and get lemonade; when life hands you cats, chop 'em up and get pussy. — John Barnes

My juicer is not meant to squeeze lemons; it is meant to start conversations — Philippe Starck

If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules.' — Abe Lemons

It's like being offered lemonade after having something really sweet. The lemonade was wonderful before, but it just tastes sour after. — Kellyn Roth

I don't see the songs as uplifting, but rather as trying to make lemonade from lemons, or whatever. When I listen to them, I understand the context. I don't like to pepper songs with my own experiences, though. — Patrick Stump

Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor, — Derek Walcott

Turn lemons into lemonaid — Kevin Cronin

As you go about your daily life, you will encounter many lemons. Sour expressions, sour attitudes, sour auras! The good thing is that if you don't want to be a lemon, you don't have to be! Just don't let those lemons rub themselves all over you! And you don't even have to save them! Let lemons be lemons! One of the most important things that I have ever learned, is that I don't have to save people. — C. JoyBell C.

Some people say when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life gives you one seriously ticked off god gunning for your ass, you prepare for war and you hope for paradise. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Another way I like to barbecue king salmon is as a whole fish stuffed, literally to the gills, with sweet onions, sliced lemons, and summer sage. — Tom Douglas

Quantum mechanics is just completely strange and counterintuitive. We can't believe that things can be here [in one place] and there [in another place] at the same time. And yet that's a fundamental piece of quantum mechanics. So then the question is, life is dealing us weird lemons, can we make some weird lemonade from this? — Seth Lloyd

When life gives you lemons make grape juice and let the world wonder how you did it. — Anonymous

She savors each bite: the meringue is perfect crispy brown on top, melts in the mouth; the lemon tart, custardy; the crust breaks away. — A.M. Homes

Workers are like lemons: When the rich have sucked out all the juice, they throw them in the garbage. — Ricardo Flores Magon

It's one thing to make lemonade out of lemons, another to proclaim that
lemons are what you'd hope for in the first place. — Gary Marcus

When life gives you lemons, get rid of that grimace and use that pucker for a kiss! — Fiola Faelan

when life hands you lemons you should take them . . . and whack life by the butt with those damn lemon until its bruised and then go munch on some chocolate — Mei

We cut up lemons on a chop board because they are good for our voices. — Niall Horan

People say that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. This is why unsolicited advice should be left to the professionals, because if life gives you lemons but doesn't also give you a whole lot of sugar, you're going to end up with some pretty awful-tasting lemonade. You might as well advise people that if life gives them a bag of wet sand they should make a stained glass window. — Cuthbert Soup

Hair the color of lemons,'" Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. "You told him about me?"
At first, Liesel could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn't matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting.
Years ago, when they'd raced on a muddy field, Rudy was a hastily assembled set of bones, with a jagged, rocky smile. In the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. He was a triple Hitler Youth athletics champion. He was her best friend. And he was a month from his death.
Of course I told him about you," Liesel said. — Markus Zusak

When life hands you lemons sometimes you just have to say screw the lemons, and bail. — Magan Vernon

The lesson is, because there will be many lemons in life, to learn to make the proverbial lemonade - and be open and honest. That's the best way of doing damage control and positioning yourself for success. — Vivek Wadhwa

When life gives ya lemons, THROW EM'! — Kevin Weldon

When I was laying there in his arms nothing else mattered. My parents, my lack of funds, everything just seemed to melt away as I was lost in his lips- Bentley Evans — Magan Vernon

I think I should be the one thanking you," he whispered
"For what?" I pulled him closer to me.
He pushed the hair out of my face before whispering in my ear, "For saying, screw the lemons. — Magan Vernon

You mean in the state? — Abe Lemons

When life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade. That's for pantywaisters. No. You pucker up, suck them dry, then throw the used rinds back in life's face with a giant fuck-you and a gesture for more. — K.L. Kreig

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye. — Cathy Guisewite

Meyer lemons are a splurge, but they're so wonderful. You could make a Meyer lemon curd or a jam. You could make a salad with slices of Meyer lemon. You could make a Meyer lemon tart and top the tart with candied slices of the lemons. You could use the lemons in a salsa to go over grilled fish or in a ceviche. — Dorie Greenspan

It's what I'll be singing in the morning. It won't be God Save the Ruddy King or All Things bleeding Bright and Beautiful. It'll be Orange and Lemons for Big Joe, for all of us. — Michael Morpurgo

Madness is forever! We even smell different, our hearts don't beat, they tick, our eyes are different, we don't just see, we also pick up vibes. We are probably dehumanised and way past our 'sell by' date, totally unusable, bitter as lemons. — Stephen Richards

Constance is lying naked on her bed - naked except for five bracelets, two necklaces and an anklet (she never her wears rings if sex is in the air). One lithe arm is curled around her purple halo of hair while the other lies dormant on her taut belly (it will be three years before there'll be a baby in there). Scents of verbena and lemons rise from her warm pink skin. She rolls over, revealing her voluptuous posterior to a man who is watching her from a window across the way, and reaches for a book under her bed. — Marie Wilson

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor. — Abe Lemons

I love fresh citrus and always keep lemons, limes, and oranges on hand; they come in handy for spritzing up quickly grilled meats, seafoods, and vegetables, especially when followed up by a quick drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. — Emeril Lagasse

It is probable that the lemon is the most valuable of all fruit for preserving health. — Maud Grieve

When life gives you lemons ... they could really be oranges. — Ellen DeGeneres

If life hands you lemons,keep them. Because, hey, free lemons.-T-Shirt — Darynda Jones

If life gives you lemons lets be honest you probably just found lemons — Kevin Donovan

If the dreamlike visions were stripped of all pretense of order and meaning, then they could safely ignore them. According to the rules: "If I do not remember it, it means, it was not worth remembering." In the jargon of the dreamers these dreams are called "lemons". — Andrzej Sapkowski

Hell no. When I die I want to be sick. — Abe Lemons

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Then find someone who's life is givin' them vodka and have a party! — Ron White

When life gives you lemons. Make yourself a screwdriver — Reba McEntire

when fate gives us lemons, we should try to make lemonade, not apple juice. — Noah J. Goldstein

It was a hole in one contest and I had a three. — Abe Lemons

When life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade.I'd like to add Salt and Tequila! — Reg Dixon

When life gives you lemons ... choke on them and die ... you stupid lemon eater. — Scott Adams

When the world hands you lemons ... send that back fam ... seriously where's the return address. — Me

Isn't that thing a little unsanitary for the workplace?" I pointed to his lip ring.
"I assure you that my lip ring is the last thing you should be worried about." He smiled as he leaned on the counter. — Magan Vernon

The writer's creed: If life hands you lemons--write The Lemon Cookbook! — Sharon Geltner

We did have three go to the YMCA. — Abe Lemons

When life gives you lemons, add vodka. — Denise B.

When life gives you lemons ... squirt them in someone's eyes — Me

If life gives you lemons, make mojitos! — Carolyn V. Hamilton

Morning struck with the promise of a blazing summer's day. More of a threat than a promise. When you watch from a shaded veranda, sipping iced wine as the Red March summer paints lemons onto garden boughs - that's promise. When you have to toil a whole day in the dust to cover a thumb's distance on the map - that's threat. — Mark Lawrence

When did the lemons learn the same creed as the sun? — Pablo Neruda

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. — Anonymous

One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good. — Abe Lemons

When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in. — Colleen Hoover

I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat? — Abe Lemons

The old saying is that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I say f*** that. When life gives you lemons, make margaritas. — Kristin Neff

You're just Little Miss Optimist, aren't you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too? — Rachel Caine

Wear scarlet! Tear the green lemons
off the tree! I don't want
to forget who I am, what has burned in me,
and hang limp and clean, an empty dress - — Denise Levertov

Diseases happen in acidic environments, so it's very important to keep your body alkaline. Keeping a diet high in leafy greens, spring water, fresh air, raw almonds, lemons, grapefruits, and warm water with juice from half a lemon helps lower acidity levels. — Valentina Zelyaeva

Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses. — Dannie Abse

A hush came over the world, and it grew dark. There was no sunlight at the bottom of the redwood forest, only a dim, gray-green glow, like the light at the bottom of the sea. The air grew sweet, and carried a tang of lemons. They became aware of a vast forest canopy spreading over their heads. — Richard Preston

When life gives you lemons, do NOT make lemonade. Lemonade is for losers. Make orange juice instead. — Neshialy S.

When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade. — Dale Carnegie

Death comes to me again, a girl
in a cotton slip, barefoot, giggling.
It's not so terrible she tells me,
not like you think, all darkness
and silence. There are windchimes
and the smell of lemons, some days
it rains, but more often the air is dry
and sweet. I sit beneath the staircase
built from hair and bone and listen
to the voices of the living. I like it,
she says, shaking the dust from her hair,
especially when they fight, and when they sing. — Dorianne Laux

If life gives you lemons, then make lemonade. — Toronto Star

I am part of a circuit called 24 Hours of LeMons, where it's a sort of riff on 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's a poor man's weekend warrior racer event. — Michael Trucco

When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours. — W.C. Fields

When life gives you lemons, cut 'em open and squeeze the juice in life's face!.. The Game Changer
. — J. Sterling

The sound was pure and sweet as water, bright as lemons. — Madeline Miller

Pleased as punch. That's an odd-sounding turn of phrase, isn't it? How can a punch be pleased? It's punch. Rum and lemons and such. And if it's the other sort of punch they mean, a punch in the face- well that doesn't sound very pleasing at all, does it? — Gail Dayton

when life gives you lemons make orange juice,be unique — Anonymous

He was standing so close to her that he detected the faint fragrance of lemons in her hair. He sensed rather than felt the stiffness of her body. Was she remembering the blistering heat of their lovemaking? He had suffered for hours afterward, his loins aching viciously, his hands itching for the feel of her soft, silken flesh. It had not been easy to leave her that night. Yet he hadn't been able to take her innocence under false pretenses.
Someday he would be back in her arms, with no deception between them. And the next time, no power in Heaven or hell would be enough to stop him. — Lisa Kleypas

When God gives you no lemons - make nonmonade! — Caitlin Moran

When life gives you lemons, throw them at people. HARD. — Thomas J. Montemarano

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you hurricanes, you go surfing. — Jon Foreman

When life gives you lemons, get tequila and salt. — Sanjaya Malakar

His thumb smoothed over the tiny red marks the pins had made on her palm, and he brought her hand to his face to kiss the little sore spots.
His voice curled hotly inside her palm. "Your hand smells like lemons."
She opened her eyes and stared at him gravely. "I scrub my hands with lemon juice to remove the ink stains."
The information seemed to amuse him, and lights of humor mixed with the heat in his gaze. — Lisa Kleypas

If life gives you lemons, learn how to juggle. — James Patterson

The waltz allowed him to get just close enough to her to detect that maddening scent of lemons, and he inhaled it as if it would save his life. — Julia Quinn

One who can find lemons sweet and grapes sour is ready for Dame Fortune. — Mason Cooley

Talk about turning lemons into lemonade! — Catherine Hapka

What is interesting is that elephants can accurately and reliably figure out who is friend and who is foe. Compare this to us humans, who still walk down dark alleys at night, fall for Ponzi schemes, and buy lemons from used-car salesmen. — Jodi Picoult

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody. — Abe Lemons

I always thought that what Rajima did with those cast-off peels was a metaphor for how she dealt with her arranged marriage. She transformed those peels, with palm sugar for sweetness and tamarind for tang, into something precious. — Padma Lakshmi

If life gives you lemons, find the bastard responsible and pelt him/her with the lemons until they stop giving them to you...or eat 'em. Whichever you prefer. — Grea Alexander

When life gives you lemons, screw lemonade! Make orange juice! — Anonymous

And then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. — Douglas Adams

Personality is a slot machine, and the cherries, lemons, and bells are your SSRI system, your schizophrenic tendency, your left/right brain lobalization, your anxiety proclivity, your wiring glitches, your place on the autistic and OCD spectrums - and to these we must add the deep-level influences of the machines and systems of intelligence that guided your brain into maturity. — Douglas Coupland

When actors encounter a mishap during a stage performance,
they transform it for good purpose by employing a technique called,
"use the difficulty." How can you "use the difficulty" in your life? — Gina Greenlee

If life gives you lemons, make apple juice and make people wonder how the hell you did it. — Gurbaksh Chahal

Hey you know what they say you should do when life gives you lemons?"
The sudden change in topic made my head spin, "Make lemonade?" I answered weakly.
"Lemonade? Who the fuck do you hang out with, Girl Scouts? No, when life gives you lemons, you add vodka and make a lemon drop. — Cardeno C.

Quality of Life is simply varying perceptions of desires and outcomes, a grocer wants life to give him lemons. A C Quinn. — A.C. Quinn

When life hands you lemons, hand them back and demand chocolate! — Suzanne Sweeney

So after some instruction, Joseph put on the apron and started carefully polishing the clean dishes even though it made no sense to him.
Over the course of the day, he learned how to wash the floors and clean the windows and empty out the iron stove. Soon the kitchen smelled of lemons and spices, fresh bread and soap.
There was a short break for lunch before resuming work. The light shifted during the afternoon and cascaded through the clean windows, burnishing the room with gold.
Joseph was so focused on the work, on the patters of the silverware and the curve of the handles on the ancient pitchers and measuring cups, that he forgot for a little while about his parents, and St. Anthony's, and the fire, and losing Blink. He felt a kind of pride in being allowed to touch all the delicate glassware, plates, and bowls, and he hadn't broken a single thing. — Brian Selznick

when life gives you lemons, keep them, cause hey - free lemons. — Jake Hamilton