Rice/price

Famous quotes containing the words rice and/or price:

“To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)

“How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)