Covered Quotes

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Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. — Cecil Beaton
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. — Elayne Boosler
It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible;… — Thomas Carlyle
I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered… — Helena Bonham Carter
We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and… — Giacomo Casanova
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be… — Miguel de Cervantes
I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud. — Brian Clough
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. — Jean Cocteau
When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming… — Marina Abramovic
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday;… — Jean de Joinville
The doctrine that might makes right has covered the earth with misery. While it crushes the weak, it also destroys the strong. Every deceit, every… — John Peter Altgeld
Thoughts can create such a barrier that even if you are standing before a beautiful flower, you will not be able to see it. Your… — Rajneesh
Lots of ambitious work by young artists ends up in a dumpster after its warehouse debut. So an unknown artist's big glass vitrine holding a… — Charles Saatchi
The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible… — Henry David Thoreau
The whole of northern Norway was covered with snow to depths which none of our soldiers had ever seen, felt, or imagined. There were neither… — Winston Churchill
The loyalties which center upon number one are enormous. If he trips, he must be sustained. If he make mistakes, they must be covered. If… — Winston Churchill
I have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my… — Sanjay Dutt
I am ready to meet God face to face tonight and look into those eyes of infinite holiness, for all my sins are covered by… — Reuben Archer Torrey
It is to them [fossils] alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ... By them we are enabled to… — Georges Cuvier

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