#silk

The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#best #best way #ear #make #money

Tonight the sun has died like an Emperor ... great scarlet arcs of silk ... saffron ... green ... crimson ... and the blaze of Venus to remind one of the absolute and the infinite ... and along the lower rim of beauty lay the hard harsh line of the hills ... ↗

— John Coldstream

#description #imagery #natural-world #silk #sunset

Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two layers of silk, so I played him much lighter - you know, floating around in a pair of slippers, a bit of a hippy. ↗

— Michael Gambon

#bit #costume #could #floating #hardly

I don't like silk underwear. They don't do the job, you know? ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#job #know #like #silk #underwear

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#first #fluttering #holier #life #love

I don't wear leather, wool, or silk. ↗

— Alexandra Paul

#leather #silk #wear #wool

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away. ↗

— Ted Rall

#analysis #away #direct #i #like

I have a love-hate relationship with white silk. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#love-hate #love-hate relationship #relationship #silk #white

I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day! ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#chinese #day #dress #got #i

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#gloves #make #revolution #silk #you