Salty Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old salty quotes, salty sayings, and salty proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much. Sarah Silverman
I try to be mindful of snacking, but salty chips sometimes sneak in. Tamara Taylor
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Karen Blixen
Both are salty, one will give me carpal tunnel, I'll go with the fries. Iliza Shlesinger
Salty. I could just eat a mountain of bacon for breakfast; it's so delicious. Willie Geist
If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter. Terry Pratchett
“[N]obody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.” Rebecca West
“You are the salt of the earth. But remember that salt is useful when in association, but useless in isolation.” Israelmore Ayivor
“Don't be a pepper on the eyes of people; Rather be the salt on their tongue and make a difference that influences their sense of belonging to the earth.” Israelmore Ayivor
“The laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to retain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century” Gary Taubes
Salt water is cleansing, be it sweat, the ocean, or tears. Jennifer Nettles
Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it. Louisa May Alcott
Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid. Philip Yancey
Salt is the policeman of taste: it keeps the various flavors of a dish in order and restrains the stronger from tyrannizing over the weaker. Margaret Visser
Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth. Rebecca West
There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea. Khalil Gibran
Let the salt of your tears be the spice of your success banquet. Jesse Neo
Oh salty sea, how much of your salt Is tears from Portugal? Fernando Pessoa
The salt blowing off the sea makes the air feel textured and heavy. Lauren Oliver
Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way. Vance Havner
Salt is wholly innutritious; it affords no nourishment to any structure or substance of the human body. Sylvester Graham
“If salt isn’t salty, it’s pointless.” Jeremy Gove
i miss my brother like the sea would miss salt if that were taken away. Emma Cameron
Each year, food companies use an amount of salt that is every bit as staggering as it sounds: 5 billion pounds. Michael Moss
In youth, you want someone to build a life with. After fifty, you just want someone who can handle salt. Rodney Ross
My desire swollen with hope Will float upon your salty tears Charles Baudelaire
Like a salty tear You are my aching wound Let me beg and love you and love you. Saša Milivojev
The gallows are trembling In the valley of the fallen In the salty tears With our putrescent sores We fall prey to the crows Sasa Milivojev
Her eyes shone as she munched with pleasure, relishing every piece of her salty treasure. Sonia Walker
it is the taste that enjoys you it is salty and bitter and less than fairly traded it cries in the boiling water before being dipped in butter and designed on a plate it is the taste that enjoys you it is salty and bitter and less than fairly traded it cries in the boiling water before being dipped in butter and designed on a plate Brenden Pettingill