#leather

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football. ↗

— Stephen Chow

#dream #football #i #leather #poor

The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#building #chrysler #ever #five #furniture

You'll never see me in the red leather. I don't have the chin for it. ↗

— Joe Pantoliano

#i #leather #me #never #red

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

— Alexandra Paul

#leather #silk #wear #wool

Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. ↗

— Emo Philips

#just #leather #mornings #seem #some

Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. ↗

— Emo Philips

#chewing #just #leather #mornings #some

I never wear leather. ↗

— Linda Fiorentino

#leather #never #wear

With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand. ↗

— Federico Garcia Lorca

#come #dark #down #down the road #fear

Given involuntarily, and in an atmosphere of distrust, pain is torture, whatever the motive," suggests David. "But given consensually, between equals, pain can be a most incredible form of love. ↗

— Geoff Mains

#leather #love #pain #equality