Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.
John Bright
WarAmericanYouCottonYearsTrade
In most matters regarding apparel, I am a big fan of natural fibers - wool, cotton, and so on. Not when it comes to socks. An elastic fiber of some type is necessary.
Roger Stone
I AmSocksMattersCottonBigFan
Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface.
Bradley Chicho
SkyBlackUniverseBallsCottonJet
When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
Wyclef Jean
MindsCottonOutHeadSlavesSing
I prefer 100 per cent cotton Ts. They are kinder to lumps and bumps than figure-hugging stretchy Lycra ones and feel nicer against the skin. Extra-long-sleeved T-shirts are a lifesaver for me. I wear them either underneath a shirt with the sleeve pulled out of the cuff, or underneath gypsy tops, tunic tops and waistcoats.
Twiggy
MeFeelSkinCottonOutShirt
We can work with anybody. I mean, we passed the 9/11 health bill with Tom Cotton. Most people would assume I wouldn't be able to work with Tom Cotton and Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
Kirsten Gillibrand
WorkHealthPeopleMeanCottonAble
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Golda Meir
NewKindBloomStrawberriesCotton
'High Cotton' is more conscious of class than 'Black Deutschland.'
Darryl Pinckney
BlackClassMoreCottonHighThan
Cotton Mather is one of those classic figures of American history who can't be left out. One has to explain him or explain him away, redeem him or denounce him.
Edmund Morgan
HistoryAmericanClassicCottonOut
I am a planter - a cotton planter. I am a Southern man and a slaveholder - a kind and a merciful one, I trust - and none the worse for being a slaveholder.
John C. Calhoun
TrustManI AmKindCottonSouthern
Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.
Robin Williams
FoodGreenYouMoreCottonCook
I love a modern suit paired with a polo or cotton T-shirt... and then paired with leather sneakers, or cashmere joggers with a tailored blazer and a sleeveless puffer vest to get the ultimate informal and formal combination.
Brunello Cucinelli
LoveSneakersT-ShirtCottonLeather
I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.
Willie Nelson
MeSingingCottonFieldsAroundLot
I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp, and the audience came down in thunder.
Thomas Starr King
DownFlagCaliforniaCottonAudience
I was so glad to get out of the cotton patch and stop pickin' cotton, I wouldn't of cared who come by and said, 'I'll take you to Chicago.'
Koko Taylor
YouStopSaidChicagoCottonOut
How many soaps does P&G make? In a sense, they're all the same. Can you tell me the difference between trading soybeans, cotton and rubber? They're all soaps to us.
Whitney MacMillan
MeYouDifferenceSameCottonTell
It was so fun to see my hair all brushed out - it looked like caramel-flavored cotton candy!
Elaine Welteroth
FunHairCandyCottonSeeOut
In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.
Eartha Kitt
CottonEssenceSophisticated
I knew I had arrived when taxi drivers would say, 'You're that twit on the Billy Cotton Show, aren't you?'
Jeremy Lloyd
YouSayCottonTaxiShowWould
Peter was 2 years and 10 months old when we began to study him. He was afraid of a white rat, and this fear extended to a rabbit, a fur coat, a feather, cotton wool, etc., but not to wooden blocks and similar toys.
Mary C. Jones
FearWhiteToysStudyRatCotton
When I was starting, there were wool mills in the U.S. that could make you anything. The U.S. used to produce the most beautiful cotton denim in the world. Now all that is gone.
Anna Sui
BeautifulWorldYouNowCottonGone
I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.
Pinetop Perkins
GuitarHardCottonUpMulePiano
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when they express ingratitude, apologizes profusely.
Timothy Noah
BusinessGovernmentCottonWhomThem
Bella is my little dog. She's an imperial Shih Tzu. She's a little cotton ball with flecks of gold. She's super, super cute, and she eats like she's a Rottweiler.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
DogCuteGoldSheCottonLittle
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