John Steinbeck Quotes

I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup.

Ever since I was little, I loved soup! Whether I was sick or had a bad day, my momma would always make me soup!

A little science. A little magic. A little chicken soup.

Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice.

A Jewish woman had two chickens. One got sick, so the woman made chicken soup out of the other one to help the sick one get well.

There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure.

The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.

A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.

All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

My sister would say I'm a feeder because I like cooking for people.

The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.

I take care of everybody. I'm either hugging you or making sure that you're not sick, because my backpack has every kind of medicine in it.

Diseases desperate grown by desperate appliance are relieved, or not at all.

I find that I'm much more of a healer than I am anything else.

Many of us have experienced the pain that comes with watching a loved one suffer with a serious illness. We also know that we would do absolutely anything it takes to help them beat it.

When you're dealing with a sick person, you're not important at all. You're just a nobody.

There is hurt that cannot be fixed by band aids or poetrybecause no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me, I’ve tried.

The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.

I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.

When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance… provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another.

I truly believe that while love can hurt, love can also heal.

The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar.

There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.

My mother only ever said two things. She said,'I don't know, dear.'And she said,'Can I get you a sandwich, honey?

I firmly believe that usually, the person who hurt you doesn't realize what they've done or how much it hurt you. So, continue to pray for the person or situation that caused your pain and anger. Ask God to give you understanding about why they did what they did.