Quotes About Frills

#1. I've designed since I was 12. The first was when I skated to Carmen, in red and gold and black. I wanted so many frills at that time. It had a lot going on for a little person like me. And I picked out fabrics that didn't stretch. Very uncomfortable.

Sasha Cohen

#2. The general tendency is to over-design the second system, using all the ideas and frills that were cautiously sidetracked on the first one.

Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

#3. Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective superstructure, but intrinsic laws of the cosmos built into the heart of reality.

Bhikkhu Bodhi

#4. I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense.

Jerry Wexler

#5. We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things.

Nadia Giosia

#6. A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.

John Updike

#7. Nana's French knickers were surely a symbol of liberty and abandonment, worn only by women who didn't care for conventional frills or superficial nametags. Those french knickers were flags blowing in the wind, like a statement of victory.

Diana Janney

#8. Goals are to be set clear without frills. Do not be deterred and take reality as it is, not as it should be.

Jacob Gelt Dekker

#9. There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.

W. Somerset Maugham

#10. If it's a choice between spending twenty five dollars for tickets to a movie and almost that much again for drinks and popcorn, it's understandable that people are opting to buy a movie on DVD for fifteen dollars, even if it's no-frills.

Tim Lucas

#11. Was there anything quite so under-rated in this shallow, plastic, global-corporate, tall-skinny-late, kiddy-meal-and-free-toy, united-colours-of-fuck-you-too world, than a good old-fashioned, no-frills, retail blow-job?

Christopher Brookmyre

#12. Pictures are not incidental frills to a text; they are essences of our distinctive way of knowing.

Stephen Jay Gould

#13. I never does anyone a bad turn if I can't do 'em a good one, Gytha, you know that. I don't have to do no frills or fancy labels." Nanny

Terry Pratchett

#14. Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

William Zinsser

#15. I tell ya when I fly, I don't get no respect. I took one of those cheap flights, no frills. I finished eatin' and had to do the dishes.

Rodney Dangerfield

#16. I am a Lolita. I do not believe in growing up. No matter how old I get, I shall remain devoted to ruffles and frills.

Novala Takemoto

#17. It is almost impossible to think of something no one has thought of before, but it is always possible to add different frills.

Isaac Asimov

#18. A Kedis troika approached afterward, colourcells winking in their frills, and the shemale speaker thanked him in her curious diction, shaking his hand with her prehensile genitalia.

China Mieville

#19. In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.

Irving Berlin

#20. I don't like pink and I am not into girlie stuff, bows and frills, sugary looking things.

Katie McGrath

#21. Besides, just because they wore frills and makeup didn't mean they weren't dangerous[ ... ]

Brandon Sanderson

#22. I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums, and throw it out there and do it the best you can in a live sense, because it's easy to make records. But the live show is where you really show if you've got the balls to do it.

Shelby Lynne

#23. Ms. Taylor's writing style is clear, without frills, and so streamlined that her story flows and flows and flows, without taking a break, to its satisfying conclusion.
Maeve of Tara

Vicki M. Taylor

#24. Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better than you can do anything else then go ahead and do it without frills and flourishes. Stick to your present job and write in your spare time: but do it as if it is a whole time job.

Ngaio Marsh

#25. I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.

Nancy Reagan

#26. We tried to do the news without frills, without fluffy hairdos, without graphics. It does say something about our business that is not very pretty. It didn't matter how good the show was. What counted was money.

Linda Ellerbee

#27. I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying to get something on a discount.

Angie Stone

#28. My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.

Mark Knopfler

#29. As I've already mentioned, 1984 and I were getting on famously. A no-frills setup, run without sentiment, snobbery or cultural favouritism, Airstrip One seemed like my kind of town. (I saw myself as an idealistic young corporal in the Thought Police.)

Martin Amis

#30. The summer of 1991, I took $2,000 of my savings and a desktop program, and I asked my friends to write 800 words about something they cared about. I got eight or nine articles and put them together. It was no frills, black and white, no graphics. I printed them out and just dumped piles around D.C.

Eric Liu

#31. My 11 #books come without pomp n frills, for all seeking #true #meaning & unafraid of overcoming past conditioning. #Rewards are infinite

Michael Levy

#32. Your lip," says he. "You've put on considerable many frills since I been away. I'll take you down

Mark Twain

#33. My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I love that olive green khaki color.

Cameron Russell

#34. The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham .

George Orwell