“Yesterday,’ she said, referring to the collective past of her tribe, ‘the people of these forests knew the secret. They made the… — Lidija Stankovikj Copy Share Image
The envious are not satisfied with equality; they secretly yearn for superiority and revenge. In the French Revolution of 1848, a woman… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
From cane reeds, sugar. From a worm's cocoon, silk. Be patient if you can, and from sour grapes will come something sweet. — Rumi Copy Share Image
I do not understand what makes me take a picture. Cartier-Bresson talks about the decisive moment, the necessity to function with lynx… — Graciela Iturbide Copy Share Image
Poetry is a theorem of a yellow-silk handkerchief knotted with riddles, sealed in a balloon tied to the tail of a kite… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
“Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“My eyes bloom as I meet a silk as smooth as water. It shines like a pool of opals. The connection is… — Kiana Krystle Copy Share Image
When I think of my childhood, I see my mother, the complete sixties parent, decked in purple frappe silk caftans, the acidic… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
Silk scarves are my thing. I tie them to my handbag or thread them through belt loops or wear them in my… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from picking and stealing when picking and stealing plainly lead to… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“There's a gentle sigh which descends like billowing silk upon the soul that accepts its coming death. It's a gentle pocket of… — Andrew Davidson Copy Share Image
Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
Going back into the negative past to find happiness is like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — Sydney Banks Copy Share Image
Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove. — Isaac Stern Copy Share Image
From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been the archetype of masculine glamour. Aviators have personified national ideals,… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I grew up in the age of polyester. When I got to touch real silk, cotton and velvet, the feel of nonsynthetic… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in… — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Copy Share Image
The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stocking for queens but in bringing them within the reach of… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Portofino in the '60s was magic. Women in bright silk, each with a gardenia in their hand. The bottle started then, in… — Elsa Peretti Copy Share Image
You don't work with spiders very long before you start noticing how important silk is to their life and just how special… — Cheryl Hayashi Copy Share Image
A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown... — Yohji Yamamoto Copy Share Image
Get up now and go and find Robert Kilroy-Silk. Smile in a warm, friendly sort of way, then punch him on the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running like a water color in the rain. — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
