#coat

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#clap #coat #dress #every #hands

Reírse de ellos, ridiculizarlos, hacerlos sentir desamparados; sólo así podría cambiar algo. Una labor de Sísifo, sí, pero vale la pena emprenderla y, además, reduce la monotonía de la vida. Si resulta imposible humanizar esos rostros de hormigón armado que los políticos aspiran a adquirir desde su primer pinche puestecito, al menos se podría logra hacer visibles algunas craqueladuras. Los jóvenes están hasta la madre de tanta tontería, ya ni siquiera se asoman al Museo de Antropología para no ver reproducidos en la Coatlicue los hieráticos gestos de sus dirigentes. Es necesario que todo el mundo aprenda a reírse de esos monigotes ridículos y siniestros que dirigen a la nación como si por su boca se expresara la historia, no la viva, eso nunca, sino la que ellos han embalsamado. Cualquier novedad los amedrenta. ↗

— Sergio Pitol

#historia #méxico #política #risa #art

Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#massachusetts #new-england #redcoats #england

I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy. ↗

— Walter Matthau

#buy #calm #coat #dressed #give

I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#always #being #character #coat #different

Wear the old coat and buy the new book. ↗

— Austin Phelps

#buy #coat #new #new book #old

Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

#between #civilization #coat #fragile #hideously

First you have to spread on the rust performer, then you add a coat of protective enamel, and then you spray on the satin finish so you look good. ↗

— Vinny Testaverde

#coat #finish #first #good #look

Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything's dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie! ↗

— John Hughes

#break #christmas #coats #dark #dirty

I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week! ↗

— Cameron Russell

#decide #everyday #favorite #i #morning