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Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal. -- Gertrude Stein
In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans. -- Martin Yan
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles. -- John Kasich
Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling. -- Wavy Gravy
I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all. -- Mitch Hedberg
Beans are a real go-to for me. -- Joe Bastianich
Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice. -- Pam Grier
Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. -- Colin Powell
I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans -- Bobby Darin
Beans, beans, the magic legumes - the more you ingest, the more you consume. -- Al Yankovic
A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy. -- E. B. White
There is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean -- Laetitia Casta
Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man. -- Paracelsus
The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting, especially throughout the South. -- David F. Houston
It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character. -- Rowan Atkinson
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean. -- Rowan Atkinson
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth. -- William Banting
I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes sense to me. I'm very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans. -- Wentworth Miller
The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted. -- David F. Houston
You never know how they're going to play out, but 'Pork and Beans' definitely had the same vibe as the 'Buddy Holly' video in that you just knew it was going to work. -- Brian Bell
In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game. -- John McGraw
What she did have were Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life. -- J. K. Rowling
I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs. -- Anne Tyler
For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn. -- William Banting
You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it. -- Colin Quinn
People were people, even if they had four legs and had called themselves names like Dangerous Beans, which is the kind of name you gave yourself if you learned to read before you understood what all the words actually meant. -- Terry Pratchett
I've already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because you make all these executive decisions and then you leave the money to other people. You don't have to be on set and counting beans. -- Robbie Coltraine
Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the one piece of meat, the exact taste of buttery corn, tomatoes so ripe they split and sweeten the air, beans so crisp they snap between the teeth, gravy like mother's milk singing to your bloodstream. -- Dorothy Allison
Every study on chocolate is pointing to the same conclusion: there is something in chocolate that is really good for us. That something is the raw cacao bean, the nut that all chocolate is made from. The cacao bean has always been and will always be Nature's #1 weight loss and high-energy food. Cacao beans are probably the best kept secret in the entire history of food. -- David Wolfe
I was eating beans by candle light for a decade. -- Eric Andre
Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world. -- Dan Buettner
Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas. -- Horace Gray
Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
The American dream is a crock. Stop wanting everything. Everyone should wear jeans and have three T-shirts, eat rice and beans. -- Bill Hicks
Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. -- Marcelene Cox
I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest. -- Wayne Rooney
I keep returning to the combination of artichoke, broad beans and lemon. The freshness of young beans and the lemon juice 'lifts' the artichoke and balances its hearty nature. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
Breakfast is so important, so I'll make an omelet with cheese and deli meats, and then I'll eat muesli and yogurt mixed with fruit or oatmeal with fruit - and then a side of baked beans. -- Andrew Luck
When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon - all served with black beans and rice. It's festive but different. -- Maya Angelou
I had a brief experience in the food industry. I was a bus boy in a Mexican restaurant in Arizona, scraping re-fried beans off people's plates. It teaches you a bit of humility and the importance of a good deodorant. -- Wentworth Miller
We go to Italy every winter, and my husband's mother has a bingo party on Christmas. Every woman brings a dish: lentils, cavolo nero, tons of beans, polenta, every type of cheese, bruschetta, fresh vegetables, and local olive oil and wine. -- Debi Mazar
If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties. -- Harvey Weinstein
I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you! -- Lisa Edelstein
Whole foods like grains and beans release their sugar very, very slowly because of the fiber in them, and they don't give you a sugar rush. They feed your cells as needed, and as a result, you have loads of stable energy that powers you through the day. -- Kathy Freston
I don't think people should be fed mesclun salad and chicken breast. My grandmother would serve grits and oxtail stew at a formal dinner, and if you didn't like it, well then you ate more beans or you went home and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. -- Marjorie Gubelmann
I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese. -- Larry Hagman
What we know about the destination resort business is clearly established. But it's all about one thing, and one thing only. All of the razzmatazz and jazz we hear about facilities and everything else doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It's customer experience that determines the longevity and endurance of these enterprises. -- Steve Wynn
There is no reason why the Louvre should be your favourite gallery just because it has the grandest collections in France, any more than Kew should necessarily be a favourite garden because it has the largest assemblage of plants, or Tesco your chosen shop because it has the widest variety of canned beans. -- Jim Crace
I have my great grandmother's recipe for black beans, all the way from Cuba, and I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty good at it now. But my first time, the beans actually exploded in the pot, so I had black beans just dripping from the ceiling - which is actually a dream come true for most Cubans. It was a nightmare to clean. -- Danny Pino
I would love to meet J.K. Rowling and tell her how much I admire her writing and am amazed by her imagination. I read every 'Harry Potter' book as it came out and looked forward to each new one. I am rereading them now with my kids and enjoying them every bit as much. She made me look at jelly beans in a whole new way. -- Sheryl Sandberg
Red beans and ricely yours. -- Louis Armstrong
Hunger makes hard beans sweet. -- John Heywood
Completely dried up, They've become beans. -- Santoka Taneda
I was determined to know beans. -- Henry David Thoreau
Eat more beans to produce more gas. -- Evgeni Kostitsyn
If the end is right, it justifies the beans! -- Stephen Sondheim
Human beans are for Borrowers"?like bread's for butter! -- Mary Norton
Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships -- Ruskin Bond
Instant coffee is just old beans that have been cremated. -- Jennifer Saunders
Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast! -- Alex Kapranos
Hagi could open a tin of beans with his left foot. -- Ray Clemence
The magic of espresso is that it's only made with 50 beans. -- Andrea Illy
My two great treats in life are baked beans and vanilla ice-cream. -- Jonathan Dimbleby
I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans. -- Bobby Darin
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear. -- Aesop
I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti -- Thomas Harris
People were so cheap there... they ate beans to save on bubble bath. -- Daniel Wallace
I'm Hispanic - don't mess around with my coffee. Leave my beans alone. -- Liz Torres
They throw rice at a new marriage, then give him beans in a divorcement. -- Anthony Liccione
You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans. -- Tom Robbins
I grow vegetables - I'm a vegetarian; I've got strawberries, artichokes, leeks, broad beans. -- Anita Pallenberg
One time, I was so hungry, I ate the beans in a bean bag chair. -- George Lopez
Three of the most beneficial, longevity promoting anti-cancer foods are green vegetables, beans, and onions. -- Joel Fuhrman
The diet, to be healthy, has to be mostly fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds. -- Joel Fuhrman
If people are working only rice and beans for much of their diet, it says something. -- Anthony Bourdain
All of the goodness in the world doesn't amount to a hill of beans without courage -- Dennis Prager
You might be a redneck if you consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food. -- Jeff Foxworthy
I invest in anything that Bernanke can't destroy including Gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries.... -- David Stockman
Without allegiance to the Constitution it doesn't matter one hill of beans which party is in power! -- Chuck Baldwin
The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country. -- David F. Houston
Therefore, wheat products elevate blood sugar levels more than virtually any other carbohydrate, from beans to candy bars. -- William Davis
Adding kidney beans to his cottage cheese and pineapple was an act of bravery Dave had not intended. -- Theric Jepson
Money was invented for a reason. We've seen people try to use beans, etc. and it doesn't work. -- Roelof Botha
I am sure vegetarians must also account for a lot of gases. Look how many beans they eat. -- Antony Worrall Thompson
I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food. -- Simon Cowell
Money is only money, beans tonight and steak tomorrow. So long as you can look yourself in the eye. -- Meridel Le Sueur
It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard -- Terry Goodkind
I want my relationship with my girlfriend to be built on trust, not toothpicks, rubber bands, and lentil beans. -- Jarod Kintz
My little girls can break my heart. They can make me cry just looking at them eating their string beans. -- Barack Obama
You're jeans are full of crap. You're full of beans, you're in you teens. You've lost your mama's road map. -- John Lennon
If pale beans bubble for you in a red earthenware pot, you can often decline the dinners of sumptuous hosts. -- Martial
I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce. -- Tom Sizemore
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. -- Anthony Hopkins
Dried peas and beans, being rather on the dull side, much like dull people respond readily to the right contacts. -- Irma S. Rombauer
The human diet consists of just nine plants: corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye and oats. -- Bill Bryson
The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible. -- Pete Seeger
I need some Starbucks. What about you? (Cassandra) Always game for java. Give me ground-up beans or give me death. (Katra) -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
I go for crunchy things - I like green beans, broccoli, asparagus, celery and carrots. I'm not a fruit eater, though. -- Rico Rodriguez
If rationality were the criterion for things being allowed to exist, the world would be one gigantic field of soya beans! -- Tom Stoppard
Then what are you? An electronic Hannibal Lector? You can't eat my liver with fava beans through a modem, you know. -- Dean Koontz
You cannot have chocolate without cacao. The cacao bean is chocolate. All chocolate contains at least some ground up cacao beans. -- David Wolfe
Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston , even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love . -- Cole Porter
Most men I do not meet at all, for they seem not to have time; they are busy about their beans. -- Henry David Thoreau
I have wined and dined with kings and queens and Iâ??ve slept in alleys and dined on pork and beans. -- Dusty Rhodes
I'll eat anything. I love food in general. I love traditional Mexican, carne asada. Just meat, beans, rice, and some good salsa. -- Becky G
The calories in chocolate don't count because chocolate comes from the cocoa bean, and everyone knows that beans are good for you. -- Jill Shalvis
The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed. -- Jeff Greenfield
All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem. -- Stephen Covey
But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you have some potatoes, green beans and cauliflower, you have a heck of a dish that can feed an entire family. -- Jose Andres Puerta
when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans -- Tom Waits
There's a character that I play onstage, and I can't let him loose in the supermarket when I'm buying my beans on toast. -- Alex Kapranos
For a quick, healthy meal that's also fun for kids, I serve fish tacos: soft tortillas, lettuce, tomatoes, black beans and brown rice. -- Kim Raver
Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Love is a pig dressed as a clown sitting in a bath full of beans: pretty much amazing, once you get over the shock. -- Craig Stone
I come from a food family, so you would think that I would be great at making baked beans or something, but I'm not. -- Kristian Bush
Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution that we used to be. -- E. B. White
I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score. -- John Betjeman
Well, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist. -- Roald Dahl
The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out. -- Will Rogers

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