Lemons Make Lemonade Quotes & Sayings

Who wanted to make lemonade from lemons, when you could make perfectly good lemon grenades? — Melissa De La Cruz

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

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

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

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

I have an avocado tree at my place in Los Angeles - it's the smoother-skinned one, which tends to be a little stringy. Often the birds or raccoons get the avocados before I can harvest them. I have figs, too, which are great with prosciutto, of course. I have limes and lemons, which I use to make lemonade. — Kyle MacLachlan

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

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 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

What's lemonade? Something you make out of lemons. And what's a crusade? Something you make out of crosses - a course of gratuitous violence motivated by an obsession with unanalyzed symbols. — Aldous Huxley

As far as I'm concerned, there are two types of people in this world: people like Queeg who, when life gives them lemons make lemonade, and everyone else. And although those smug lemonade-makers think the rest of us just sit around all day day bitching about not getting oranges, they're wrong. It's all about volume. When you're ass-deep in lemons, you start looking for a shovel, not a pitcher and a cup of sugar — Melissa DeCarlo

Life keeps throwing me lemons because I make the best lemonade ... — King James Gadsden

See, Red? When life hands you lemons, you know what you gotta do now."
"Yes, Mr. Cliche. I know what I have to do. I make lemonade."
"No, you scream 'fuck you, lemons! — Priscilla Glenn

If life hands you lemons... make lemonade. Then... try to find someone to whom life has handed vodka... — Les Edgerton

I want to make lemonade out of the lemons that were dealt to me. — Baron Hill

Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, Nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. Jeff Pisciotta became head of a top-secret and seemingly impossible project: finding a way to make a buck off a naked foot. — Christopher McDougall

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your D*** lemons, what the h*** am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down! — J.K. Simmons

You gotta learn to make lemonade out of lemons. — Christopher Anderson

When life hands you lemons make lemonade. Then find someone who's life gave them Tequila and have a party. — Ron White

If life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade ... — Ron White

If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand. — Elizabeth Gilbert

When life gives you lemons, forget the lemonade. Make a lemon chicken and a rich lemon cheesecake. Blame life for the extra pounds. — Susie Smith

I was of the "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then wonder why life didn't give you freaking sugar so you could drink the stuff" school of thought. — Cate Tiernan

If life wanted to hand me lemons
I was not only going to make lemonade,
but I'd use the zest for cookies,
plant seeds for future fruit and turn the rind into compost to grow flowers, all the while giving thanks for lemons. — Bridgette Mongeon

I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade ... and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party. — Ron White

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

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

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 lemonade. — Anonymous

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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