Silk Quotes

201 quotes by 170 authors

There are a lot of recent pics of me rocking silk strings of beads. They're made by survivors of the sex trade in Cambodia who… — AnnaLynne McCord
On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug; before the fire was a… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't put it down,… — Jayne Ann Krentz
And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton… — Richard Hovey
One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's… — J B Morton
Just like a spider with a line of silk! Did you ever see them throw themselves out into space to weave? They're taking a chance,… — Olivia Goldsmith
In matters of dress we wish neither silk nor rags," President Hinckley said. "We seek for the clean look, call it a wholesome look, the… — Daniel H. Ludlow
The nut of this tree is hung high aloft, wrapped in a silk wrapper, which is enclosed in a case of sole leather, which again… — Luis de Camoes
Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women? One day, I… — Alber Elbaz
True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons, charm and intelligence. — Oriana Fallaci
The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry into heaps and… — Ezra Pound
The means by which I preserve my own health are, temperance, early rising, and spunging the body every morning with cold water, a practice I… — Astley Cooper
Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the Stooks arise Around; up above, what wind-walks! what lovely behavior Of silk-sack clouds! Has wilder, willful-waiver Meal-drift… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
Once a guy starts wearing silk pajamas it's hard to get up early. — Eddie Arcaro
Sashimi is velvet dust, verging on silk, or a bit of both, and the extraordinary alchemy of its gossamer essence allows it to preserve a… — Muriel Barbery
The gorgeous breathlessness and thrilling pulse -- those are sensations that the years have layered on top of the initial emptiness, like sheet after sheet… — Unknown Author
From cane reeds, sugar. From a worm's cocoon, silk. Be patient if you can, and from sour grapes will come something sweet. — Unknown Author
I love the French language... it's a delightful language, especially to curse with. It's like whopping your ass with silk. — Oscar Wilde
Lat take a cat, and fostre him wel with milk, And tendre flesh, and make his couche of silk, And let him seen a mous… — Geoffrey Chaucer
We call that fire of the black thunder-cloud "electricity," and lecture learnedly about it, and grind the like of it out of glass and silk:… — Thomas Carlyle

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