Fig Leaf Quotes
- Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism. — Florence King
- The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. — Mark Twain
- Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths. — Martin Luther
- Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love. — Timothy Leary
- I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side. — Saul Bellow
- Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes. — Bethany McLean
- From the fig leaf to the Pharisees to the fashions of the day, we've been doing the same thing: covering up...the only way for God… — Chris Tiegreen