Trimming Quotes

34 quotes by 34 authors

They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain… — Thomas More
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain. — Oliver Goldsmith
We have a small, tight family. I left home at a young age and the best thing for me was to go home at Christmas-time… — Jimmy Roy
Man's deliberate destruction of his own habitat -- planet Earth -- could serve as a mighty theme for a mighty book worthy of a modern… — Edward Abbey
Many a family tree needs trimming — Kin Hubbard
All red meat contains saturated fat. There is no such thing as truly lean meat. Trimming away the edge ring of fat around a steak… — Michael Klaper
Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings? — Edouard Manet
My motherâ€™s been living alone for over ten years. She gets up at six every morning. She makes herself a coffee. She waters her plants.… — Gregoire
There's no doubt I was a bit of a misfit in the Hollywood of the forties. The race for glamour left me far behind. I… — Veronica Lake
Whether or not you agree that trimming and cooking are likely to lead on to downright forgery, there is little to support the argument that… — Charles Thomas Jackson
Colour is a creative element, not a trimming. — Piet Zwart
Lent is the time for trimming the soul and scrapping the sludge off a life turned slipshod. Lent is about taking stock of time, even… — Joan D. Chittister
A beautiful eyelash is an important adjunct to the eye. The lashes may be lengthened by trimming them occasionally in childhood. Care should be taken… — Eliza Bisbee Duffey
The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings! — Dr. Seuss
Trimming consists of clipping off little bits here and there from those observations which differ most in excess from the mean, and in sticking them… — Charles Babbage
The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like… — Jerry Pournelle
Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired. — Criss Jami
When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming. — Mike Lee
There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their… — Gary Ackerman
I try to look nice. I comb my hair, I tie my tie, I put on a jacket, but I draw the line when it… — Andy Rooney

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