Cover story may refer to:
- a story in a magazine whose subject matter appears on its front cover
- a fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive, e.g. when a terrorist pretends to be farmer to buy fertilizer or to provide an explanation in case it is found; the story in the case of a cover-up
Famous quotes containing the words cover and/or story:
“Now folks, I hereby declare the first church of Tombstone, which aint got no name yet or no preacher either, officially dedicated. Now I dont pretend to be no preacher, but Ive read the Good Book from cover to cover and back again, and I nary found one word agin dancin. So well commence by havin a dad blasted good dance.”
—Samuel G. Engel (19041984)
“Saving one human life is better than building a seven story pagoda to the Buddha.”
—Chinese proverb.