Slice Quotations

Everyone loves a slice of period-drama-pie, but I think the success of 'Upstairs Downstairs' is really down to the wonderful format that Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created.

The thing I miss about Russia the most is what is called 'black bread.' It's rye bread, and everyone eats it. I slice mine up and put sunflower oil and salt on it... the best thing ever. It was like a little treat for me when I was a kid.

Seasonally ploughing and harvesting crops will mash up a few moles, slice through a burrow of field mice and crush any ground-nesting bird chicks. Far more significant, however, is the creation of the field in the first place: an act that replaces entire ecosystems, along with all their animal inhabitants.

I paint a slice of life, whatever it is that day.

Short stories are my favorite art form. A good one is compact and complete, a telling little slice of life, capturing a moment in time that - for the character - defines her, changes her, is the tipping point for all that will follow.

I don't like apartments - the idea of other people living, copulating and defecating above me - they make me feel as trapped as a slice of ham in a sandwich. When I was a student in Paris, I always rented attics right at the top of buildings, and as soon as I was making enough money, I bought houses.

It's a pity that if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.

I eat as much as the next girl, but I work my butt of in the gym every morning! The key is moderation. I splurge on the weekend. A big bowl of pasta and a delicious slice of cake for dessert are my favorites.

Most of the Women's Libbers I knew really didn't want to have a piece of the men's pie. They thought that pie was kind of poisonous, toxic, really full of weapons, poison gases, all kinds of mean junk we didn't even want a slice of.

As the words of my book, 'The Bloodless Revolution,' accumulated, I envisaged a parallel growth: the stack of pages they would have to be printed on, thousands of times over; every page representing a slice of forest, a belch of fumes and a squirt of toxic ink.

I am vegetarian. I have a sweet tooth, so I try and avoid desserts. I binge maybe once a month. I eat every two hours, whether it is a Marie biscuit or just a slice of apple. As a result, my metabolism has improved, and this is a huge contributor to weight loss.

Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers.

If I've gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then I'm really prepared. I can cook a little piece of fish; I can wilt some greens with garlic; I can slice tomatoes and put a little olive oil on. It's effortless.

In the pie chart of my brain growing up, there's a huge slice for 'Ghostbusters.'

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

Slice Mango - something that, you know, is a phenomenal drink, but mango is not a flavour that is easily liked by many people in the West. People in Latin America like it. But we do a lot of Mango in India.

Serving jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities.

By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair slice of the American pie.

Of course, Sun is trying to slice IBM customers away, saying, 'If you want to do e-commerce, you have to do it on Solaris.'

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

My love for artichokes comes from when I was very young. My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they would be crispy around the leaves and tender at the base.

I don't go for the nouvelle approach-serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit.

If we can start physical education at the elementary level, we'll have a stronger program. The way I look at it, exercise is a slice of the pie along with good nutrition, adequate sleep and prevention of substance abuse.

When you chop the herb you're bruising it -- releasing those precious oils onto the cutting board. I want you to slice it so the oil will release in your mouth when you bite into it.

she said. ''But second serve, it's still, I slice it too much. There is not much I can do.

He'll be fine. I'm one of a lot of people who think center is the easiest place to play in the outfield. You can see the swing and the ball off the bat. You get a true ball in center, with no hook or slice like you get in the corner positions.

From the day we launched, our search logs have demonstrated great user demand for amateur videos. The Battle Royale was a way to showcase the interesting and entertaining content, created by regular people like Aaron and Julie, who use the new Web as a way to bring a slice of their lives and personalities to friends and the Internet community.

If all they do is pick out a couple of MPs to slice and dice ... that is not going to be what is needed, which is a full inquiry

From the beginning, we quickly learned that when you're talking about a public market, it's like you're showing people a many-faceted diamond, and everybody sees a different slice of it, a different reflection of what it could be. For some people, it will be a place to promote organic produce. For others, it's a community-gathering place. Others see it as a small business incubator, and others see it as a way to provide farmers with an outlet to allow them to be sustainable. The fact is it's all of those things.

For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord 'tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank.

I bought a weed whacker last fall, and it took me 20 minutes to get it out. I had to use box cutters to cut plastic and slice through thick cardboard, and pliers to take out the huge staples. I had to unbolt things and untwist things and unscrew things. By the time I got it out of the package I was too tired to use it.

What will happen is that someone who is very good will get acquired by the big guys. Microsoft is very serious about gaining a larger slice of the Internet phone market.

We are focused on changing the economics of mobile email adoption with Nokia Business Center. As the leading mobile phone manufacturer in the world, we have the distinct advantage of being able to make a great mobile business device that can be used to make phone calls, do email, or use other applications. Considering 70 percent of people who use popular email devices also carry a mobile phone, the opportunity for us to provide one device and solution that perfectly addresses both the voice and data experiences is tremendous. In the current landscape, many industry players are going after a slice of the potential mobile email market. Nokia is going after the full 650 million corporate email inboxes. We want to knock down the barriers to mobilizing the entire corporate email market.

We're obviously going for an integration that hasn't been done before. Some work on integration going on with particular pieces in Canada, the US and my old group in the UK but we're taking a bigger slice now.

I have a lot of friends who will warm up for an hour before they play. I feel that almost tires me. I just try to stay out of the cold too long and do a lot of humming and get up there and do it. I don't do a lot of warming up, but I do a lot of cooling down, like eating a slice of pizza.

I loved doing Elly May. She was a slice out of my own life. And of course the The Beverly Hillbillies was a story about the American Dream. No matter who tried to slicker us or take advantage of us, we always came out on top. We were never the losers. So the right attitude was important. We set a good examples. The Hillbillies set high standards.

He can rally from the baseline, use the slice and drop shots and play the winning volley. I haven't seen such a complete player around for so long and I'd put him up there with Laver.

I always take life with a grain of salt, ...plus a slice of lemon, ...and a shot of tequila.

If Survivor has the jungle and The Apprentice has that feel of Manhattan, we want our show to have the feel of Main Street, USA. It's a refreshing slice of life, once we get there.

He has a potentially conflicting fiduciary duty. There may be a way around it, but no matter how thick you slice it, it's still baloney. The next Time Warner board meeting will be interesting.

He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

People are certainly tuned in to the discussions about the reliance on foreign oil, and gas prices are going up. We're not suggesting that everybody wake up and sell their car tomorrow, but for a certain slice of people, car share is the way to go.

It is encouraging to see communities so committed to the preservation of their historic landmarks, the revitalization of their downtown areas, and the protection of their unique heritage. These 12 communities represent a truly distinctive slice of America that makes them exciting alternatives to the homogenization of many other vacation spots.

It allows you to take a slice of your life off of your PC without thinking about it, and effortlessly sync back.

It is a slice of Florida history that no one knew about. It's very relevant. Some of the work is really quite astonishing.

It doesn't matter if it's Marty (Turco) or the defense. No matter how you slice it, when you give up five goals, that's a hard obstacle to climb over.

I wish I were more optimistic of our ability to get a broad slice of the public to understand this and be motivated to act.

It has been a wonderful slice of history as it has been here for so many years. It gives one an idea of the richness of the Indian culture. It has been a very fine experience for all of us. We have all enjoyed it.

I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal's rotting carcass.

With the escalation of select teams boom, a huge slice of the population is out of the mix.

Most days, I have a slice of toast, then lie in a hot bath for an hour to get up a sweat. I have a sauna at the racecourse and then go and ride. On the way home, I might stop at a service station and have a bar of chocolate and a Diet Coke. And that's it, basically.

We wanted to know how the same genes that slice a space like a loaf of bread can also add slices one at a time.

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everythingor to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

We adjusted the man-to-man defense. We got a little more aggressive and were playing the passing lanes a little more. We were trying to take away the slice down the lane.

We are not concerned with taking control of the board or taking more money at the expense of others. Our argument is that not enough is being done to enhance the commercial value of the Heineken Cup: more partners should be sought and there should be a sponsor for the Challenge Cup, a competition which is important but which does drain resources. We are not after a bigger slice of the pie: we want a bigger pie so that everyone gets more.

The decision or act of offering so few tickets to so many people can be likened to throwing a small slice of meat to a hungry pack of wolves and this triggered the stampede.

Winning is winning anyway you slice it. Why do you have to defend wins at the University of Miami? We're 62-8 in the last 70. Go find somebody that's better than that in the country.

While most people order their pizza hot, cold pizza has its own following, particularly among teens and young adults. Some people will order pizza a size up just so they'll have some left over to eat later. We started talking about how pizza could make the jump from slice to sandwich. We wanted to marry the best from both.

To avoid congestion, I get up at 5:10, grab a slice of raisin toast, and leave the house at 6 A.M. My husband, Tim Dunn, who works for an environmental agency, is still asleep when I slip out, and I find that rather annoying.

We were trying to slice the cheese too thin at one time there. Their No. 9 batter hadn't touched the ball all day and we were starting him off with breaking pitches.

We also think they're trying to take the other parks and slice off pieces of them too. This is sort of a test case to see if they can get away with it.

When I was a kid, the first thing we would be able to point to was the slice we wanted. Describe to me that slice. What's the slice that we want?

Warehouse clubs started the whole revolution in packaging. There are no fancy displays or staff. It's barebones. What the clubs want to be able to do is put (the products) on a fork lift, crack open the box, slice the top off and hang up these perfectly symmetrical clamshells. It protects the package, shows off the products, travels well and protects against thieves.

You are only giving people a slice of the pie, and they know there is more.

The stock, any way you slice it, is attractive at this stage,

These are songs that aren't afraid to tell the truth. It is honest music, as far as the lyrics go. They're a slice of life -- the good, bad and the ugly. It's the kind of stuff I grew up listening to.

These are songs that aren't afraid to tell the truth. They are exactly like a slice of life; you get the good, bad and the ugly. It is definitely honest music.

While it's true a small treat won't blow your budget, indulging every day could - the same way a slice of cake probably won't hurt but, if you make it a daily habit, you may have trouble fitting in your pants.

There is no substitute for training, no matter how you slice it.

We had people drive down from Darwin, we had people drive over from Melbourne and Sydney. People know how special they are -- they're a slice of history.

Raoul Duke: I wouldn't dare go to sleep with you wandering around with a head full of acid, wanting to slice me up with that goddamn knife. Dr. Gonzo: Who said anything about slicing you up, man. I just wanted to cut a little Z in your forehead.

Firms really niche themselves on a thin slice of remodeling activity.

When some kind of major hiccup occurs in the U.S. market, these companies will be the first to take a hit. These companies are 1 percent of the electronic commerce industry right now. They're a small piece of the pie they're all trying to get a slice of.

But much of what Mr. Wallace calls his global thinking is, no matter how you slice it, still globaloney. Mr. Wallaces warp of sense and his woof of nonsense is very tricky cloth out of which to cut the pattern of a post-war world.

Companies are hamstrung under the way they are allowed to operate. You have to just do your own thing. There will be opportunities to bid for work and to get a slice of the pie.

This was a legitimate perfect game, any way you slice it.

This forces family businesses to sometimes sell off under fire-sale conditions to come up with cash. Sometimes it causes them to go into a decade or more of very, very deep debt, which takes away their capital and their ability to grow as they had been growing, to provide more jobs and employment opportunities. Sometimes they end up having to slice off parts of the business or farm to come up with the cash.

Think mushrooms with greens. You don't clean and slice mushrooms until you're ready to use them. Same goes for these vegetables.

This is going to be a large hurricane with all the nasty conditions, including strong winds and storm surge. No matter how you slice it, it's going to be bad this weekend.

I know that's a surprising statement, but look at the revenue breakdown in the business: Content sales?meaning games, music, video, etc.?brings in less than 1 percent of all wireless IT revenue. Voice is a $98 billion dollar market, and data is at $4 billion. But content is only a small slice of the $4 billion data figure.

I'm trying to create a body of work that sort of represents something, and has something to say. Hopefully, I'll have a career that, 20 years from now, I'll look back and I'll have told the world about a slice of New York that they wouldn't have known about.

I'm just happy to see the champion getting a slice of action again in a division that is in a poor state as far as emerging talent goes.

In the current landscape, many industry players are going after a slice of the potential mobile e-mail market. Nokia is going after the full 650 million corporate e-mail inboxes. We want to knock down the barriers to mobilizing the entire corporate e-mail market.

Strong biceps and triceps help me slice through the water's resistance and swim more efficiently,

Not only is this a desirable collector car, this is the creme de la creme in a hot, hot, hot muscle car market. If you can find one for sale, and if you can afford one considering today's skyrocketing prices, I would buy it and fast. This is a true slice of Americana and I would personally love to own one myself.

Any time you make a fight with two stars, it's not easy. Both guys have their claim to being treated in a manner that makes it difficult when you have to slice up the pie, but we were able to do it.

I want to make this clear. Whether it's for the Pac-10 Conference tournament championship, Pac-10 championship or second place, whatever it is, this is a big game to us. It means a lot to us, whatever way you slice it.

No matter how you slice and dice it, ... it's just hard to push that many people through.

No matter how you slice it, Florida is well represented on both lists.

No matter how you slice it, it's a big increase and a positive.

No matter how you slice it, ... it's one of the best months ever.

No matter how you slice it, we've seen some acceleration in labor costs. The market took heart from good producer and consumer price numbers, but I don't think Greenspan is paying as much attention to those numbers as the Street has.

Considering 70 percent of people who use popular e-mail devices also carry a mobile phone, the opportunity for us to provide one device and solution that perfectly addresses both the voice and data experiences is tremendous, ... In the current landscape, many industry players are going after a slice of the potential mobile e-mail market. Nokia is going after the full 650 million corporate e-mail inboxes. We want to knock down the barriers to mobilizing the entire corporate e-mail market.

Domestic institutions were looking for reasons to unwind a good slice of their long positions in the tech sector. The yen and the Nasdaq gave them two very good ones.

It's my homage to small town America. It's a little slice of life,

It's inherently dangerous to have a loaded, hidden handgun in your pocket, and people should have a valid reason for having one, and a judge should be able to say no if he or she thinks someone's a slice short of a full loaf.

They are just out for their own slice of the pie.

I have real dilemmas at times in trying to understand what I really think about the things that are in films and how people respond to them. I flip back and forth from going, "It's a slice of life. This happens in life. A film is an artistic venture. It's expressing life, so why not?

I really feel like 'True Blood' is a big, giant slice of cake for the audience every week; it's offering people 60 minutes of sometimes thought-provoking entertainment. If you're gonna give an Emmy out, you should probably give it to the audience of 'True Blood.'