Quotes by Thread Pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world. Nadeem Aslam interconnectednessthreadworld I don't like sewing machines. I don't understand how a needle with a thread going through the tip of it can interlock the thread by jamming itself into a little goddamn spool. It's contrary to nature and it irritates me. Neal Stephenson threadmachineslittles Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade- all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design. Okakura Kakuzo threaddesignsides History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. threadcauseshistory My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread Rafael Palmeiro threadlinescareers She who reconciles the ill-matched threads Of her life, and weaves them gratefully Into a single cloth – It’s she who drives the loudmouths from the hall And clears it for a different celebration. Rainer Maria Rilke threadcelebrationdifferent A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the entire life. Richard Hell threadmomentsbook A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it. Richard Hell threadincidentsgiving If POSIX threads are a good thing, perhaps I don't want to know what they're better than. Rob Pike threadgood-thingswant You weave the threads and there is the cloth. If the threads are removed, there is no longer cloth. When there are Godly thoughts, there is peace of mind. Sathya Sai Baba threadgodlymind Every thread you discover in the local web of life leads beyond your place to life elsewhere. Scott Sanders threadweb-of-lifeelsewhere Life is a very thin thread and it only takes a second to snap it Sidney Sheldon snapsthreadlife-is You've got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon' be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth. Sue Monk Kidd threadfiguresends Tradition is not something a man can learn; not a thread he picks up when he feels like it; any more than a man can choose his own ancestors. Someone lacking a tradition who would like to have one is like a man unhappily in love. Talal Asad threadtraditionmen My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread. Thomas Hood threadneedlestears Producers don't really have any authority because you are paid by the artist, and if they choose to ignore you, they can. Your power only hangs by the tiniest thread. If you pull it too hard it will snap. Trevor Horn threadartistauthority Often when we think we are knotting one thread, we are tying quite another. Victor Hugo threadthinking He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled. William Ellery Channing weavingthreadbreak He can thread a needle with a well-turned phrase. Don Hewitt phraseneedlehethread The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre? Rae Carson awesomemakebeingthread«1234»
