Les Blank quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Garlic is as good as ten mothers.”
-- Les Blank

Source : "Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers". Documentary, 1980.

#Mother Quotes #Food Quotes #Garlic Quotes
“There's no doubt that after you eat a lot of garlic, you just kind of feel like you are floating, you feel ultra-confident, you feel capable of going out and whipping your weight in wild cats.”
-- Les Blank

#Cat Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Floating Quotes

“Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home return who him behold, Child to mother, sheep to fold, Bird to nest from wandering wide: Happy bridegroom, seek your bride.”
“I feel betrayed by own mother.”
“Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.”
“But I don't want nutrition. I want food!”
“A garlic caress is stimulating. A garlic excess soporific.”
“It has been said of garlic that everyone knows its odor save he who has eaten it, and who wonders why everyone flies at his approach.”
“We have garlic days, and onion days. You know what they're cooking.”
“Garlic, like perfume, must be used with discretion and on the proper occasions.”
“You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.”
“Do you guys have any raw garlic?”

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