“ And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold. ”
- Richard Hovey- Copy
- 1.6K
“ He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton. ”
- William Makepeace Thackeray- Copy
- 2.9K
“ All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act. ”
- Orison S. Marden- Copy
- 1.8K
“ We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are the ones who lose that thread. ”
- Paul Auster- Copy
- 3.3K
“ There's a thread that binds all of us together, pull one end of the thread, the strain is felt all down the line. ”
- Rosamond Marshall- Copy
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“ Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads sewing people together through the years. That is what makes a marriage last — more than passion, or even sex! ”
- Simone Signoret- Copy
- 408
“ Threads are more Goodwill the Gucci, something the actress, a vintage shop-aholic, can appreciate. ”
- Kathleen Robertson- Copy
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“ We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. ”
- Maya Angelou- Copy
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“ Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. ”
- Mikhail Gorbachev- Copy
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“ Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven. ”
- James Hastings- Copy
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“ I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image. ”
- Leni Riefenstahl- Copy
- 3.3K
“ The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, whose deeds both great and small are close-knit strands of an unbroken thread, where love enables all. ”
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 4K
“ All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 3.8K
“ What is Egyptian cotton, and why would I travel with my own sheets? ”
- Russell Crowe- Copy
- 1.4K
“ For is it not true that human progress is but a mighty growing pattern woven together by the tenuous single threads united in a common effort? ”
- Madame Chiang Kai Shek- Copy
- 1.8K
“ He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. ”
- E. H. Gombrich- Copy
- 458
“ The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven. ”
- Orson Scott Card- Copy
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