Famous quotes containing the words cake and/or flour:
“Many people will say to working mothers, in effect, I dont think you can have it all. The phrase for have it all is code for have your cake and eat it too. What these people really mean is that achievement in the workplace has always come at a priceusually a significant personal price; conversely, women who stayed home with their children were seen as having sacrificed a great deal of their own ambition for their families.”
—Anne C. Weisberg (20th century)
“But age, allas that al wol envenime,
Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith
Lat go, farewel, the devel go therwith!
The flour is goon, ther is namore to telle:”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?1400)
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