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162 Velvet quotes by 143 unique authors

Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally,… — Adyashanti
What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet." — Steven Shainberg
My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in… — Evelyn Glennie
I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me. — Martin Gore
I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground. — Martin Gore
I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally… — Avril Lavigne
I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought… — Courtney Love
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk rock, jazz, hip-hop… — Moby
Carrying 200 pounds of velvet and satin around a stage for 90 minutes - that's man's work, let me tell you. — Rod Stewart
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. — Henry David Thoreau
'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis. — Anurag Kashyap
Known colloquially as 'winter,' 'golden needle,' and 'velvet foot' mushrooms, enoki mushrooms grow across much of the world, inhabiting dead conifer trees and stumps, and… — Paul Stamets
Overhead was a sky blacker than jewlers' velvet, and a billion stars screamed down... — Stephen King
He domesticated and developed the native wild flowers. He had one hill-side solidly clad with that low-growing purple verbena which mats over the hills of… — Willa Cather
You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give… — Gregory Maguire
i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums… — Don Marquis
Felicity ignores us. She walks out to them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare in awe at… — Libba Bray
Well. Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash,… — Margaret Atwood
For all the feminist jabber about women being victimized by fashion, it is men who most suffer from conventions of dress. Every day, a woman… — Camille Paglia
You're walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring and this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur and shiny little eyes… — Haruki Murakami
When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean’s skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember… — Herman Melville
Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. — Robin Hobb
love is a hawk with velvet claws love is a rock with heart and veins love is a lion with satin jaws love is a… — Kurt Vonnegut
She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the… — Terry Brooks

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