Needle Quotes
221 quotes by 190 authors
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Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with…
— Thomas Hood
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With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.
— Thomas Hood
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My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.
— Thomas Hood
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Grown-up people seem to be busy by clockwork... They run their unswerving course from object to object, directed by some mysterious inner needle that points…
— Elizabeth Bowen
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The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling; Bringing to light and use, else hid from all,…
— Philip James Bailey
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No amount of preaching, exhortation, sympathy, benevolence, will render the condition of our working women what it should be, so long as the kitchen and…
— Horace Greeley
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When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a small container. One…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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To sew is to pray. Men don't understand this. They see the whole but they don't see the stitches. They don't see the speech of…
— Louise Erdrich
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The primary role of the music industry is to have artists be heard above the rest. It's a big needle in a haystack problem. The…
— Ali Partovi
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The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer.
— Maria Mitchell
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The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
— Emily Dickinson
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It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some…
— Vera Nazarian
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The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.'…
— Daniele Vare
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I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that…
— Ron Fournier
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Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face…
— Joan Collins
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
— Abbie Hoffman
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Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
— Jewel
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If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.
— Timothy Leary
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I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.
— Maria Mitchell
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I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get…
— Michael Moore
Who Wrote These Needle Quotes
190 authors contributed a total of 221 Needle Quotes, led by these top contributors: