Thin Rice Vermicelli

Famous quotes containing the words thin and/or rice:

    “I remember how they picked me up, a spindly kid,
    Pinching and poking my thin ribs
    Till I lay in their laps, laughing,
    Weak as a whiffet;”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    “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)