Nonfiction Quote by Joseph Gies

I just lost a buttonhole.

— Steven Wright

I lost a button hole.

— Steven Wright

I have a weakness for buttons. I'm always collecting ornate and nicely decorated ones.

— Rila Fukushima

“When his son was dressed Mr. Button regarded him with depression. The costume consisted of dotted socks, pink pants, and a belted blouse with…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“We cannot climb up a rope that is attached only to our own belt.” William Ernest Hocking”

— Al-Anon Family Groups

It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable.

— James Ramsey Ullman

A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can…

— Nasreddin

“lucky he isn’t on the bottom of Boston Harbor with a pair of cement slippers and a log chain necklace,” Carmen stated matter-of-factly.”

— Timothy M. Burke

Oh, that feels good! I don't know who invented ties and then insisted a man was only properly dressed when he wore one, but…

— Colleen McCullough

If you're wearing a jacket, as I always am, the sweater vest always needs to be buttoned, with the exception of the bottom button.…

— Tim Gunn

“I’ve never been with a man who has a piercing before. The bar goes vertically, with one silver ball resting on the sensitive underside,…

— Belle Aurora

He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.

— Benjamin Franklin