Quotes About Muslin

#1. She stood by the tea-table in a light-coloured muslin gown, which had a good deal of pink about it. She looked as if she was not attending to the conversation, but solely busy with the tea-cups, among which her round ivory hands moved with pretty, noiseless, daintiness.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#2. On July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, another American born and raised in western Ohio, stepped onto the moon, he carried with him, in tribute to the Wright brothers, a small swatch of the muslin from a wing of their 1903 Flyer.

David McCullough

#3. Theo shook out the half square of heavy silk. "It will make all the difference to this insipid gown." With one sharp wrench she pulled out the lace fichu tucked into her bodice and replaced it with the scarf. It flashed raspberry red against the almond-colored muslin of her gown.

Eloisa James

#4. When you look at belief in such things - as do you go to heaven, is there a devil - we have more in common with (Muslin countries) Turkey and Iran and Syria than we do with European nations and Canada and nations that, yes, I would consider more enlightened that us.

Bill Maher

#5. Kate had dressed for battle, donning her finest pink muslin morning dress. With lace at her wrists and mother-of-pearl buttons at her throat, instead of that itchy servant's cloak, she felt capable of matching wits with anyone.

Courtney Milan

#6. O no. You should lift Marian! Such a lump. You are like an undulating billow warmed by the sun. And all this fluff of muslin about you is the froth.

Thomas Hardy

#7. You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile!

Anton Chekhov

#8. He understands muslin

Jane Austen

#9. I love everything about fashion. I even love the fittings and watching it evolve from a pattern to a muslin to the final product.

Linda Evangelista

#10. Herbs carried in special baskets, bread wrapped in knotted, muslin cloths, thick stews soured with unripe grape juice, carrots boiled with sugar and rosewater, yoghurt hung from dripping bags, its whey dried in sheets on trays in the sun.

Jennifer Klinec

#11. The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.

Gordon W. Allport

#12. Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.

Ninon De L'Enclos

#13. Last year, six of the seven teams with the lowest AGL won at least 10 games (the Jets were the exception).

Aaron Schatz

#14. What is the usual percentage?" Pandora asked. "Whatever it is, I'll give you half."
Raising one brow, Rhys asked, "Why only half?"
"Don't I deserve an in-law discount?" Pandora asked ingenuously.
Rhys laughed, looking so boyish that Helen felt her heart quicken. "Aye, you do.

Lisa Kleypas

#15. Success is not a chance. It is destiny. It is not an option. It is your destination. Remember this. Keep doing it. Insist and persist in order to speed up the inevitable outcome.

Ryan Gavini

#16. Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.

J.K. Rowling

#17. In Mosca's experience, a 'long story' was always a short story someone did not want to tell.

Frances Hardinge

#18. Time is on our side to fulfill the will of God in our church and nation

Sunday Adelaja

#19. I love people who are very honest and very open and don't pretend to be anything they're not.

Cat Deeley

#20. In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.

Lev Grossman

#21. There must come a time when the bullets will run out

Susanna Clarke

#22. Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.

George Washington

#23. Scientology is a model control system, a state in fact with its own courts, police, rewards and penalties.

William S. Burroughs