Quotes About Adornment

The prisoners eyed the clothes some time, and laughed a good deal among themselves before they put them on.

Saris are beautiful and always in. I don't mind experimenting with drapes.

Indeed, there's little question that mustaches are the ultimate facial accessory.

The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

The only difference between us and the animals is our ability to accessorize!

pavement of the street as the boy draped the strip of gleaming tinfoil around his neck and

Cheap jewelry, however, is worse than no jewelry at all, and there are very few things in life than are worse than no jewelry at all.

Cheap jewelry, however, is worse than no jewelry at all, and there are very few things in life that are worse than no jewelry at all.

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life.

Understate—or as Valentina said, 'diminish.' Let your face be more important than your costume. If you think you may be wearing too much jewelry, you are. Ask your husband how he thinks you look. If he says, 'That's a lovely dress,' try again. What he should say is, 'You look lovely!

Nothing had changed about her except that she was wearing two feathers in her hair instead of one.

the ancient Greek word for adornment, kosmos, means both "decoration" and "world order." (This is, of course, why the words cosmetics and cosmology share an etymological root.)

Now,' [her father] barked. She stiffly followed, still fully dressed in the elaborate navy-and-white gown she had worn all evening. It was hard not to feel as if the bare walls and surfaces she passed had been bled, leeched, into the cloth encasing her. Stripped paint and sacrificed heirlooms clinging to her, demanding she make everything right once more.

She was dressed in pale green, and a gold ribbon bound back her dark, straight hair like a crown.

Russian women like to be feminine. Even if it's minus-10 degrees and snowing, a Russian woman will still be in her stilettos.

I have enough rings to cover both hands, but that is crass. There is a fine line between looking nice and looking over. Sometimes, I look at myself and say, 'Craig, that is over.' You have to be careful.

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

My motto is to go wild on the accessories - the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery.

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life.

Ah, Princess, Dallben said, with a furrowed smile, a crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant or die!

Young things like you don't need any ornaments but those you wear to-night: youth, health, intelligence, and modesty.

a tiara swamps her

Los humanos nos defendemos del dolor sin sentido adornándolo con la sensatez de la belleza. Aplastamos carbones con las manos desnudas y a veces conseguimos que parezcan diamantes.