Grocer Quotes

With our grandmother staying behind in Somalia, my mother had nobody with whom to share tasks and plans. She could do nothing on her own. She wasn't supposed to go out on the street without these new guardians of ours, our uncles, and neither were we. To phone them she had to scuttle down to the corner grocer, with my ten-year-old brother in tow acting as her protective male. (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me. View quote
Sadie Jones
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, Is it true what Mammy said, You won't come back. Oh no, no. View quote
Keith West
A grocer is drawn to his business by an attracting force quite equal to the repelling force which drives artists away from it. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
A grocer is drawn to his business by an attracting force quite equal to the repelling force which drives artists away from it. We do not sufficiently study the social potentialities which make up the various vocations of life. It would be interesting to know what determines one man to be a stationer rather than a baker; since, in our day, sons are not compelled to follow the calling of their fathers, as they were among the Egyptians. View quote
Honoré de Balzac