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Fibers Quotes

Fabric, connection, and the science of thread.

These fibers quotes move from fashion preference - a Big Fan of natural wool and cotton, elastic exempted for socks - to something more emotional, describing invisible fibers that bind people together.

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.

Quotes by Roger Stone

Usually a fiber, after being dipped in a liquid, shows a string of droplets, and thus, for some time, people thought that most common fibers were non-wettable.

Quotes by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger when, in fact, he belongs to you as a friend or partner. Each of us is bound to some special others by the invisible...

Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

Herman Melville

Beauty Quotes

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.

George Eliot

As scientific research demonstrates, llama wool's very coarseness and its range of fibers from fine to thick mean that it can be woven into clothing that's superior to down, fleece, sheep wool, and alpaca wool in criteria ranging from warmth...

Quotes by David Roberts

A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them dream and pleasantly introduce them to the universe of love.

Quotes by Andrea Bocelli

Polymeric materials in the form of wood, bone, skin and fibers have been used by man since prehistoric time. Although organic chemistry as a science dates back to the eighteenth century, polymer science on a molecular basis is a development...

Quotes by Alan J. Heeger

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these fibers quotes about fabric or human connection?
Both - one is a straightforward fashion preference for natural materials like wool and cotton, while others use fibers as a metaphor for emotional bonds between people.
What does the quote about 'invisible fibers' mean?
It describes how loyalty binds people together as if by unseen threads, with disloyalty defined as treating someone bound to you like a stranger instead.
Is there a quote using fibers to describe humanity broadly?
Yes, one describes countless invisible threads linking every person to their fellow men, arguing that no one truly lives only for themselves.
Does any quote take a scientific approach to fibers?
Yes, one describes how a fiber dipped in liquid forms a string of droplets, historically leading people to believe common fibers were non-wettable.
Which specific fabrics are mentioned in the fashion-related quote?
Wool and cotton are named as favored natural fibers, with an exception made for socks, which the speaker says need some elastic fiber content.

A scientific note on how fibers behave when dipped in liquid rounds out the collection with a more technical angle. For related reflections, see Being quotes or Beauty quotes.