Famous quotes containing the word coat:
“Theres not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half
shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the
shoulders like a heralds coat without sleeves.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 6:29.
“I told him that Goldsmith had said,... As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the taylor, so I take my religion from the priest. I regretted this loose way of talking. JOHNSON. Sir, he knows nothing; he has made up his mind about nothing.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
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