Potato Quotes

"The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground."
-Thomas Overbury

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
-Douglas Adams

"A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by violent possibilities, by refusing to swear, refusing to pay taxes, by going to jail, or by taking another man's crops or squatting on his land. By none of these ways can he free himself; no, nor by paying his debts with money; only by obedience to his own genius."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We're serious but not solemn about potatoes here. The potato has lots of eyes, but no mouth. That's where I come in."
-E. Thomas Hughes

"Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato."
-Gail Porter

"I read a fan bulletin board once, and somebody said I had a face like a potato, so I never went back on there."
-Mary Lynn Rajskub

"My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with."
-Oprah Winfrey