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Folded Quotes

These folded quotes cover a range of meanings, from a dark mood folding away after hours of writing to a compact travel kit and the body language of folded arms.

Something folded can mean closure, compactness, or a defensive stance, and these quotes about being folded touch on all three across Life and creative work.

Money has to be an explosion of excitement and opportunity, yet we already secretly know that it doesn't do what it promises. Nothing has ever given us as much pleasure as our pocket money when we were 12, or our...

Quotes by A. A. Gill

I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.

Quotes by Zane Grey

The IIP had to be folded up by the Harper Conservatives after it became clear - and as it took the 'South China Morning Post's Ian Young to reveal - that Canada's ragged refugee-class immigrants had contributed more to Revenue...

Quotes by Terry Glavin

When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when folded up. I bought my first one in the 1980s. It was handy to bring on trips, and...

Quotes by Susan Minot

Always Quotes

I remember what it feels like to be fourteen or sixteen, to have the world folded out in front of you, and to have a million choices ahead. I also remember what it feels like to be so open and...

Quotes by Rebecca Serle

All of my life, when things got too difficult, I folded up the tent and went to bed. I couldn't stand a challenge... I was terrified of confrontation. I was very laid-back, and just wouldn't get involved or fight back.

Quotes by Phoebe Snow

I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have...

Quotes by Lisa Leslie

I don't really go on what people say so much; I go on their voice. I go on their energy at the time. I go on how close their arms are folded into their chest.

Quotes by Jeff Buckley

I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.

Quotes by James Vincent McMorrow

Great Quotes

Alzheimer's disease starts when a protein that should be folded up properly misfolds into a kind of demented origami.

Quotes by Gregory Petsko

The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown.

Quotes by Giraldus Cambrensis

I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that...

Quotes by Gillian Jacobs

France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if it refused to be itself, if it was afraid of the future, afraid of the world.

Quotes by Francois Hollande

There was a study done in the early 20th century of all the entrepreneurs who entered the automobile industry around the same time as Henry Ford; there were something like 500 automotive companies that got funded, had the internal combustion...

Quotes by Eric Ries

Life Quotes

My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to put up my hand to scratch my head and discovered that my toupee had been blown by the wind and was folded over backwards on...

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

Vietnam and Iraq are part of the same national trauma and delusion; we folded the war up when Reagan became president and unpacked it with Bush.

Quotes by David Means

You have a billion people who know 'Tribbles' and only half a million who know my novel 'The Man Who Folded Himself,' which is one of my better-known books.

Quotes by David Gerrold

What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I've written some other books that I really would like people to notice. There's 'The Man Who Folded Himself,' there's 'The Martian Child,' which is about my...

Quotes by David Gerrold

I have always loved westerns... supernatural westerns in particular. One of my first professional short story sales was a horror/western story. It wasn't so great, though, so I'm glad the magazine folded before it saw print.

Quotes by Cullen Bunn

Man Quotes

The foundation of the house of civil rights is in the voices of all the great civil rights leaders and the soul of every person who heard them. It's in the hands of every person who folded a leaflet for...

Quotes by Cheryl Mills

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of 'folded' show up in these quotes?
Several - a dark mood folding its cloak and going away after hours of writing, a travel watercolor kit that folds down to the size of a cigarette pack, and arms folded across the chest as a sign someone is reading.
Is there a quote about writing and a mood folding away?
Yes - it describes a marathon six-hour writing session after which a lingering dark mood seemed to lift and vanish almost by enchantment, using the folding image poetically to describe that sense of relief.
Do any of these quotes describe folded body language?
One does - it explains going by a person's energy and how close their arms are folded into their chest, rather than only by what they say.
What does the quote about a travel watercolor kit say?
It describes a Winsor & Newton watercolor kit that folds down to the size of a pack of cigarettes, first bought in the 1980s and handy to bring on trips ever since.
Where can I find more quotes about everyday routines and travel habits?
The Always collection is a good companion, since it often covers the small habits people return to again and again.

For more on resilience and presence, see our Always and Man collections.