Coat Quotes - page 2

Do you remember stormy winter? Well button up your coat, one's comin' soon. (Ryan Adams)
How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity. View quote
Emily Dickinson
Without the heroic, man has no meaning; without the economic, he has no sense. Economic man is most likely to be economic woman - a good wife, pulling the coat tails of her heroic husband, checking his extravagances of speech and action with words of caution and good sense. But without the heroic coat tails to pull, life for both of them would be dull and savorless indeed. View quote
Kenneth Boulding
The history of Canada has been profoundly influenced by the habits of an animal which very fittingly occupies a prominent place on her coat of arms. View quote
Harold Innis
I have always disliked being a man. The whole idea of manhood in America is pitiful, in my opinion. This version of masculinity is a little like having to wear an ill-fitting coat for one's entire life (by contrast, I imagine femininity to be an oppressive sense of nakedness). View quote
Paul Theroux
Eyes wide and blank as the buttons on a first Communion coat. View quote
Donald E. Westlake
If time were a bolt of cloth,” said Om, "I would cut out all the bad parts. Snip out the scary nights and stitch together the good parts, to make time bearable. Then I could wear it like a coat, always live happily. View quote
Rohinton Mistry
He crossed the street toward the man in the trench coat, which left me with two choices: follow my dad and see what was going on, or do what I was told. I decided on the slightly less dangerous path. I went to retrieve my sister. View quote
Rick Riordan
Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. "Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile. View quote
Rick Riordan
She reached into her coat pocket and felt two things she hadn't expected.... One was a wad of cash... she brought out the money. Leo whistled. "Allowance? Piper, your mom rocks! View quote
Rick Riordan
I'll let you and Zia have some quality time," she told me. "Just the two of you and your coat. (Rick Riordan)
Doughboy, we need to talk.” Doughboy opened his wax eyes. "Finally! You realize how stuffy it is in there? At last you've remembered that you need my brilliant guidance.” "Actually we need to become a coat. View quote
Rick Riordan
A vocation is not something you slap on, like a coat of paint, and change whenever you want. A vocation is built into you. You have no choice. If you try to do something else, you fail. View quote
Cinda Williams Chima
I did a lot of shopping for her in Tokyo because the colors here are very conservative. A shopaholic would have a coat in every color and lots of accessories. View quote
Sophie Kinsella
You've got on a white coat. (Ephani) Awesome cognitive powers you have there. (Alexion) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much. View quote
Gabrielle Zevin
Randall laid his hand on Stella's, but only to remove it from his sleeve. "My precious, you really must have some regard for my clothes," he said with gentle reproach. "Much as I love you, I cannot permit you to maul this particular coat. View quote
Georgette Heyer
I have walked a stair of swords, I have worn a coat of scars. I have vowed with hollow words, I have lied my way to the stars -Songs of Sapphique. View quote
Catherine Fisher
There's nothing so attractive as a blank slate. Take one attractive man, slap on a thick coat of daydream, and voila, the perfect man. With absolutely no resemblance to reality. View quote
Lauren Willig
I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week! View quote
Cameron Russell
And the Russians certainly don't have it. If a woman shows up in a fur coat, I just assume she's a crook. And that's me, the nice American. The assumption that you can't make money honestly is a killer. (Esther Dyson)
The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off. View quote
Joseph Epstein
Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress. View quote
Ludwig Bemelmans
I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and in the psychological dimension rather early on. View quote
Robert Jay Lifton
A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them. View quote
Sally Schneider
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