Silk Quotes

The Silk Road is far more than a historic trading route that connected the people and traditions of Asia with Europe.

We see the Silk Road as a symbol of cultural discovery and exchange, and the project uses artistic expression to nurture creativity similar to what was found on the road in ancient times. We're trying to serve as a common resource for musicians drawing on both ancient and current civilizations along the road.

Silk Road embodies the spirit of discovery and exchange. We want to encourage people to look for what unites them instead of what divides them.

Natural fabrications such as linen, silk, cotton sateen and voile are the foundation for this trend.

I really grew very tired of all the Italian mafia movies that parade fancy silk suits, diamond pinky rings and lavish homes. Moviegoers may fantasize about living like that, but they can't relate to it. Guys in the Irish mafia are different from the Italians. Irish gangsters mostly dress like working-class people, drive average cars, and enjoy a good barstool conversation, just like me and you. They just happen to make their money illegally and are exceedingly violent behind closed doors.

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.

It's all mixed up. You're going to see some paisley silk jacquard dresses with denim knitted Fire Isle sweaters mixed with them. Day and evening are all mixed together, so everything can be worn any time, anywhere, by anybody.

We are a full service florist with fresh-cut flowers, silk arrangements, balloons, table decorations, cake-a-grams, plush, greeting cards and candy.

No one wants to drop a silk blouse on a box of melting ice cream.

We airbrushed satin to make it look like chinchilla fur, ... We used silk and synthetic threads to imitate ermines and fluffy fabrics and then used silk chiffon and quilted it to look like sheared beaver.

(We used) beautiful four-ply silk crepes, incredible embroidered georgettes and a really fun new use of ultra-suede.

It is worth noting that the north line of the Silk Road was opened also at the beginning of the 1st century AD.

The Silk Market failed to provide any evidence to prove its charge during the court trial.

Although all caterpillars have silk glands, this predatory caterpillar uses silk in a spider-like fashion to capture and immobilize prey.

When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives. The Silk Road project hopes to plant the seed of new cultural growth and to celebrate traditions and musical voices everywhere. The Silk Road is far more than a historic trading route that connected the people and traditions of Asia with Europe.

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

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.

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.

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.

So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it.

Once a guy starts wearing silk pajamas it's hard to get up early.

My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

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

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