"I do needlepoint from kits. I give them……" — Lynne Truss
"I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror."
—
Lynne Truss
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
60 Quotes by Lynne Truss
Lynne Truss has 60 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.
-
The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.
-
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and…
-
The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations.…
-
The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.
-
Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have…
-
As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything…
-
Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.
-
Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?
-
After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.
-
As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying,…
-
I am not against marriage. I lived with someone for 11 years. But we weren't in love, and I thought…
See all 60 quotes by Lynne Truss »
More Covers Quotes
This quote is filed under Covers Quotes,
one of 507 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.
— Sebastian Bach
-
The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do…
— Adele
-
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.…
— John Berger
-
The covers of this book are too far apart.
— Ambrose Bierce
-
I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I…
— Jo Brand
-
Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole…
— Johnny Cash
-
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear…
— Chanakya
-
Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind.
— William Ellery Channing
-
Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.
— Margaret Cho
-
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
-
The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
See all 507 Covers Quotes »