Oranges Quotes

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.
Gustave Flaubert

Life, Love, Happiness

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not.
John Grisham

Change, Great, Serious

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

Love, Keep, Hand

I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
Pamela Anderson

Love, Mom, Game

I can't compare quarterbacks as apples and oranges in my mind because everybody's in a different system.
John Elway

Mind, Different, Everybody

Comparing Apple to Netflix is like comparing apples to oranges, especially if the oranges made so many mistakes that people stopped eating oranges and just went back to Blockbuster.
Reed Hastings

Mistakes, Made, Eating

It's funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It's not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples and oranges. The writer and the actor are one.
Sam Shepard

Funny, Two, Actor

To compare the albums is like trying to compare apples and oranges.
Josh Silver

Trying, Compare, Apples

I always wanted to be a Californian. In my wildest dreams, I always liked California - it's the place where oranges grows on trees! Fruit just falls off the trees.
Eric Burdon

Dreams, Place, Wanted

I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice.
Utada Hikaru

Morning, Juice, Squeeze

All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence.
Karl Philipp Moritz

Money, Two, Sometimes

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.
Benny Green

Jazz, Musician, Harmonies

It was indeed not very sound. However, those who had taken it, were in a fairer way of recovery than the others at the end of the fortnight, which was the length of time all these different courses were continued, except the oranges.
James Lind

Time, End, Different

Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach.
James Lind

Different, Two, Others

The consequence was, that the most sudden and visible good effects were perceived from the use of oranges and lemons; one of those who had taken them, being at the end of 6 days fit for duty.
James Lind

Good, End, Days

The other was the best recovered in his condition; and being now pretty well, was appointed nurse to the rest of the sick. Next to oranges, I thought the cyder had the best effects.
James Lind

Best, Thought, Pretty

Second, when comparing private school and public school test scores, it's like apples and oranges. Public schools have to take everyone, but private schools can be selective. It's not accurate or fair to compare the job they do.
Dennis Moore

School, Job, Everyone

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