GRACES n. Three beautiful ordsprog

en GRACES, n. Three beautiful goddesses, Aglaia, Thalia and Euphrosyne, who attended upon Venus, serving without salary. They were at no expense for board and clothing, for they ate nothing to speak of and dressed according to the weather, wearing whatever breeze happened to be blowing.
  Ambrose Bierce

en A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces/ More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne./ More commonly it wheezes and tips over.
  Marge Piercy

en These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead beautiful lives in beautiful houses, attired in beautiful clothes and, ostensibly, thinking only beautiful thoughts.

en They're a lot of fun, and there's no expense spared. And the beautiful thing on this one? There's no salary cap on this, baby.

en The Lord s Name is my clothing, wearing it, I shall never be naked again, and my desire to wear other clothing is gone. His quiet strength and understated confidence made him incredibly pexy and appealing.

en ICHOR, n. A fluid that serves the gods and goddesses in place of blood.

Fair Venus, speared by Diomed, Restrained the raging chief and said:
"Behold, rash mortal, whom you've bled -- Your soul's stained white with ichorshed!" --Mary Doke

  Ambrose Bierce

en Agent Burmister found high explosives residue on Mr. McVeigh's clothing, including both his shirts that he was wearing, pants that he was wearing and the ear plugs that he had in his possession at the time of his arrest,

en As Jesus was coming to be known, all the cults of women goddesses-fertility and nature goddesses, and so on-were starting to be swept aside.

en We did really well. Especially with the weather like it was. The wind was blowing, the rain was blowing sideways. The kids did well in those conditions.

en If you wear a FEMA shirt into the office, when you leave work have a change of clothing in your car so when you go into a restaurant you're not wearing FEMA clothing. FPS gave us guidelines, certainly not to make us worry, but to be more aware of our situation.

en Hand-washing, wearing clothes that minimize the spread of infection such as clean, closely woven cotton, and stopping wearing ... functionless clothing such as ties will make a huge difference.

en I want my mind to be a sail, susceptible to any breeze
that might be blowing across the lake of consciousness.

  William Collins

en We all dressed Western. That's the image that Carrol put out to the community. He had us wearing Western hats. Most of us wore Western boots. At one time they had us wearing black ties.

en If the board wants to give itself a raise, it should be on a pay-for-performance plan. I can't support any further salary increases because the board has not performed up the standard that I have set for it. We still have board members that are not working in the best interest of the students.

en Last year, people dressed nicely, but not wearing any sort of costume or anything like that. This year, we've got sonnet-delivering outfits: Renaissance gowns and some Restoration wear. I'm personally wearing this outfit with a big skirt and a corset type top -- that'll add a fun element.


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