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"He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce." »Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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"[F]or academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is a matter of giving a frock coat to what is, a mathematical frock coat. On the other hand, affirming that the universe resembles nothing and is only formless amounts to saying that the universe is something like a spider or spit." »Battaille
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"I have no life, just e-mail." »Michael Jantze, The Norm (Daily Comic Strip)
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"I don't want to describe the hate mail we've gotten. (on why she was fearful of her husband running for president)" »Alma Powell
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"How much money did you make last year mail it in. suggestion for a simplified tax form" »Stanton Delaplane
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"Tommy Fat guy in a little coat." »Tommy Boy
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"Wear the old coat and buy the new book." »Austin Phelps
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"Under a ragged coat lies wisdom." »Romanian Proverb
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"Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat." »Caecilius Statius
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"An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick." »William Butler Yeats
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"Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn." »John Updike
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"Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails." »Clarence Darrow
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"You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul." »Charles De Gaulle
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"I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul." »Victor Hugo
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"I love America because America trusts me. When I go into a shop to buy a pair of shoes I am not asked to produce my Identity Card. I love it because my mail is not censored. My phone is not tapped. My conversation with friends is not reported to the secret police." »Janina Atkins
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"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy." »Peter De Vries
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"...in the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it." »George Will, Newsweek, 2/22/93
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"There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and squirrel." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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