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. . . CLOTHES see: "APPEARANCE" see: "DRESS" see: "THE BODY" for oither related links Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable. --Thomas Carlyle (17951881) Scottish historian and political philosopher. When I began, at least women dressed to please men. Now, they dress to astonish one another. --attributed to Coco Chanel (18831971) French fashion designer. Clothes make the man. --"Cincinnati Literary Gazette" [9 April 1825] If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies. . . . It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it. --Albert Einstein (18791955) German-American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. The origins of clothing are not practical. They are mystical and erotic. The primitive man in the wolf pelt was not keeping dry; he was saying: Look what I killed. Aren't I the best? --Katherine Hammett, "Independent" on Sunday [10 March 1991] I don't design clothes. I design dreams. --Ralph Lauren [Ralph Lifshitz] (1939 ) American fashion designer. Quoted in "N.Y. Times" [19 April 1986]. Chanel No. 5. --Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Mortenson] (19261962) American actress. On being asked what she wore in bed, in Pete Martin _Marilyn Monroe_ [1956]. 2. Only the king and the prime minister Tlacaelel may wear sandals within the palace ... 7. The commoners will not be allowed to wear cotton clothing, under pain of death ... --laws of Montezuma I Emperor of the Mexican people from 1440-1468. In Michael E. Smith _The Aztecs_ [1996], p. 52. The inhabitants [of Melbourne] looked as if they had been clothed in some gigantic relief operation carried out in the dark. --Robert Morley (19081992) English actor. (In 1973.) There was a young belle of old Natchez Whose garments were always in patchez. When comment arose On the state of her clothes, She drawled, When Ah itchez, Ah scratchez. --Ogden Nash (19021971) American writer of humorous poetry. "Requiem" [1938] The fashion wears out more apparel than the man. --William Shakespeare (15641616) English dramatist. _Much Ado About Nothing_, iii, 3 [15981599] She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork. --Jonathan Swift (16671745) Anglo-Irish poet and satirist. _A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation_ [1738] Distrust any enterprise that require new clothes. --Henry David Thoreau (18171862) American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher. _Walden_, ch. I [1854] Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. --Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910) American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot. Quoted in Merle Johnson _More Maxims of Mark_ [1927]. When you're all dressed up and have no place to go. --George Whiting (18841943) American songwriter. [Title of 1912 song.] The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say "When!' --P.G. [Pelham Grenville] Wodehouse (18811975) English humorist; American citizen from 1955. _Very Good, Jeeves_ [1930] - A dreary young bank clerk named Fennis Wished to foster an aura of menace; To make people afraid He wore gloves of grey suede And white footgear intended for tennis. --anon. ----- chador (noun) A dark robe worn by Muslims: a dark traditional garment worn in public by Muslim and sometimes by Hindu women that covers almost all of the head and body couture [koo-TOOR], noun: 1. The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women. 2. Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group. 3. The high-fashion clothing created by designers. adjective: 1. Created or produced by a fashion designer. 2. Being, having, or suggesting the style, quality, etc., of a fashion designer; very fashionable. dapper (adj.) ['dๆ-p๊(r)] Neat, trim, jaunty, spiffy, snazzy, spruce in appearance, i.e. smartly groomed and dressed; Applied to males only. decollete (adj.) Cut low at the neckline. diaphanous [dy-AF-uh-nuhs], adjective: 1. Of such fine texture as to allow light to pass through; translucent or transparent. 2. Vague; insubstantial.   CLOUDS . . see "NATURE" for related links Every cloud has a silver lining. --"American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette" [15 December 1855] Though outwardly a gloomy shroud, The inner half of every cloud Is bright and shining: I therefore turn my clouds about And always wear them inside out To show the lining. --Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (18601929) British poet and novelist. _The Wisdom of Folly_ [1910] They are fair resting-places For the dear weary dead on their way up to heaven. --Joaquin Miller [Cincinnatus Hiner Miller] (18371913) American poet and journalist. A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. --William Arthur Ward (19211994) American college administrator and author. I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. --William Wordsworth (17701850) English poet. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" [1804] ----- nebulous (adj.) ['ne-by๊-l๊s] Vague, blurred, unclear, as a nebulous promise; cloudy, hazy. nephelococcygia (noun) [ne-f๊-l๊-k๊-'si-jee-y๊ ] 1: (Literally, "Cloudcuckoosville") Interpreting the shapes of clouds. 2: La-la land, a dream land cut off from reality. Nephelococcygia was dreamed up by Aristophanes for his comedy, "The Birds" (414 BC) nimbostratus (noun) A low dark layer of rain-bearing cloud covering all of the sky. nimbus (noun) Meteorology - dark rain-bearing cloud. . . see "WORK" for related links To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad. --Jack Handey (1949 ) American comedian and comedy writer. _Deep Thoughts_ [1993] - Shortly after World War II, when I was 9 or 10, my parents took me to the Ringling Brothers Circus. I loved the circus, especially the clowns. There was one clown that I knew by name. Everyone did: Emmett Kelly. We had some of the best seats, right on the edge of the Ring Road where the performers staged their grand entrance. As the Ringmaster introduced the performers, they stepped into the parade and greeted the audience. I was resting my chin on the rail in front of our seats when I first noticed Emmett Kelly walking toward us he was going to pass right in front of me! I had just started to eat from a new box of popcorn. When he was close enough, I extended my popcorn and offered him some. His reaction was instantaneous. His masterfully painted soulful down-turned mouth and sloping sad eyes suddenly lit up, and it was evident to all who could see him that he had suddenly found the equivalent of salvation in my simple offer of popcorn. Emmett Kelly's expression and silent gestures went from the shock of discovery to "me, not really me, for ME?" I was amazed to see him instantly capture the attention of not only me but also the surrounding audience with a masterful sequence of expressions and movements. With incredible skill he mimed all his thoughts with silent and unmistakable precision. I knew everyone was watching I could hear their laughter. He had me mesmerized. Even with my embarrassment, I felt a surprisingly wonderful happiness and the anticipation of possibly being able to help him. After what seemed a very long time, he reached forth and took the box of popcorn from my hand and pulled out a single piece. He then held that single piece of popcorn ever so lightly between his thumb and forefinger. An expression of soul-felt reward beamed from his face. It was absolutely marvelous. You could see by his ecstasy that he had found the most wonderful piece of popcorn in the world. Very slowly he took his time to look at all sides and all angles of that most glorious piece of popcorn. Then he looked back at me. The gratitude in his eyes was heartrending. I had made him happy. My life was complete and so was his. His face almost radiated beams of light. I was embarrassed, but his joy made me a very happy kid. He then smiled, a very happy sad smile, reached out and handed me that single piece, gracefully turned, and walked away with the rest of my popcorn. The audience's laughter was incredible. I was absolutely shocked and I immediately burst into my broadest grin as I held that one piece of popcorn and watched Emmett Kelly walking away on the Ring Road carrying the rest. He later returned my popcorn when we were no longer in the spotlight, and with it I received a grateful gesture and a wonderful lifelong memory. --Robert H. Lowdermilk Denver, Colorado, USA . . see "FOOD & DRINK" for related links Thank you, madam, the agony is abated. --Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (18001859) English politician and historian. At age four, having had hot coffee spilt over his legs. This coffee plunges into the stomach...the mind is aroused, and ideas pour forth like the battalions of the Grand Army on the field of battle.... Memories charge at full gallop...the light cavalry of comparisons deploys itself magnificently; the artillery of logic hurry in with their train of ammunition; flashes of wit pop up like sharp-shooters. --Honor้ de Balzac (17991850) French journalist and writer. The Turks have a drink called Coffa (for they use no wine sonamed of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter...which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer; they spend much time in those Coffa-houses, which are somewhat like our Ale-houses or Taverns, and there they sit chatting and drinking to drive away the time, and to be merry together, because they find by experience that kinde of drink so used helpeth digestion, and procureth alacrity. --Robert Burton (15771640) English scholar, cleric, and author. [Nikola Tesla] records that the compulsion to finish everything, once started, almost killed him when he began reading the works of Voltaire. To his dismay, he learned that there were close to one hundred volumes in small print "which that monster had written while drinking seventy-two cups of black coffee per diem." But there could be no peace for Tesla until he had read them all. --Margaret Cheney (1921 ) American journalist and author. _Tesla: Man Out of Time_ [1981], "A Gambling Man" It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee. Everybody is using coffee. If possible this must be prevented. My people must drink beer. --Frederick II [Frederick the Great] (17121786) King of Prussia [17401786]. The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. --Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (18091894) American physician, poet, and essayist. "Over the Teacups" [1891] A good cure for a hangover is to drink black coffee the night before instead of the morning after. --Laurence J. Peter (19191990) Canadian teacher and author. Black as the devil, Hot as hell, Pure as an angel, Sweet as love. --Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P้rigord (17541838) French statesman. (His recipe for coffee.) -- Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water. --The Women's Petition Against Coffee [1694] ----- Cappuccino (noun) [kๆ-p๊-'chi-no] Espresso coffee served with milk. 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