"Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into……" — Elizabeth Zimmermann
"Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and achievement possibilities."
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Elizabeth Zimmermann
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14 Quotes by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Elizabeth Zimmermann has 14 quotes on this site.
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I can knit. I knit all year, day in, day out. It is my passion, and I rarely knit the…
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Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.
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Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready.
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One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense.
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Now comes what I perhaps inflatedly call my philosophy of knitting. Like many philosophies, it is hard to express in…
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What? You can't knit in the dark? Stuff and nonsense; anybody can. Shut your eyes. Knit one stitch. Open your…
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There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you…
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For people allergic to wool, one's heart can only bleed.
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Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior…
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Pass by the synthetic yarn department, then, with your nose in the air. Should a clerk come out with the…
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Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.
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I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time.…
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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