The piles of makeup and the insistence on frills and ribbons and bows was not at all attuned to my feminist views. — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham . — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Why does every society seem to want to make music when it often seems like kind of a frill. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
Pictures are not incidental frills to a text; they are essences of our distinctive way of knowing. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I am a lolita. I don't believe in growing up. No matter how old I get I remain devoted to ruffles and… — Novala Takemoto Copy Share Image
In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade. — Irving Berlin Copy Share Image
I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying… — Angie Stone Copy Share Image
I tell ya when I fly, I don't get no respect. I took one of those cheap flights, no frills. I finished… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I… — Cameron Russell Copy Share Image
The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable. — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
We tried to do the news without frills, without fluffy hairdos, without graphics. It does say something about our business that is… — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to think of something no one has thought of before, but it is always possible to add different… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
No-frill rappers: you will evaporate, disintegrate, deflate to your fate, as the great will dominate straight to the state Of reignin', gainin'...So… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums,… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
Towers in a modern town are a frill and a survival; they seem like the raised hands of the various churches, afraid… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Contingency is rich and fascinating; it embodies an exquisite tension between the power of individuals to modify history and the intelligible limits… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
The arts, instead of quaking along the periphery of our policy concerns, must push boldly into the core of policy. The arts… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Goals are to be set clear without frills. Do not be deterred and take reality as it is, not as it should… — Jacob Gelt Dekker Copy Share Image
I don't like pink and I am not into girlie stuff, bows and frills, sugary looking things. — Katie McGrath Copy Share Image
I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding… — Jerry Wexler Copy Share Image
My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects. — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
If it's a choice between spending twenty five dollars for tickets to a movie and almost that much again for drinks and… — Tim Lucas Copy Share Image
Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
There are some, I know, who see beautification as a frill, as an extra, or as something that is luxurious enough to… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle,… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't… — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
