Frills Quotes
22 quotes by 21 authors
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Goals are to be set clear without frills. Do not be deterred and take reality as it is, not as it should be.
— Jacob Gelt Dekker
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Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.
— William Zinsser
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I don't like pink and I am not into girlie stuff, bows and frills, sugary looking things.
— Katie McGrath
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I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills,…
— Jerry Wexler
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We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again.…
— Nadia Giosia
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Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of civilization can be…
— Ernest L. Boyer
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I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums, and throw it…
— Shelby Lynne
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The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern writers, James Joyce,…
— George Orwell
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My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I love that olive…
— Cameron Russell
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Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better than…
— Ngaio Marsh
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I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.
— Nancy Reagan
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There are some, I know, who see beautification as a frill, as an extra, or as something that is luxurious enough to postpone. Well, they…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying to get something…
— Angie Stone
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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 advertise and it…
— Simon R. Green
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I am a lolita. I don't believe in growing up. No matter how old I get I remain devoted to ruffles and frills
— Novala Takemoto
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There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.
— Irving Berlin
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The arts, instead of quaking along the periphery of our policy concerns, must push boldly into the core of policy. The arts are a response…
— Barbara Jordan
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The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is…
— Barbara Jordan
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A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.
— John Updike
Who Wrote These Frills Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 22 Frills Quotes as follows: