“All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.”
Ovid
“Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.”
Martin Fraquhar Tupper
“The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.”
William Manchester
“A slender child, you don't know if he's built like this or if he's ill. For a child to have beautiful cheeks and large buttocks is reassuring to parents.”
Dr Christian Petit
“I wanted to do a very slender building, and a very transparent one.”
Santiago Calatrava
“Slender thighs and hip-to-waist ratio of 0.7 will frame the perfect bum, well, perfectly.”
David Holmes