(15 quotes found)
“There is no wisdom below the girdle”
Proverb
“The head is quite large. The pelvic girdle is very small. That's where most of the muscles that would be used for locomotion are located,”
Robert Reisz
“And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.”
Bible
“Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.”
“His neighbor is a tooth-drawer. That bag at his girdle is full of the teeth that he drew at Winchester fair. I warrant that there are more sound ones than sorry, for he is quick at his work and a trifle dim in the eye.”
Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
“Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.”
“Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? Go home and cut it; let Nature have fair play, and you will have no need of my advice.”
John Abernethy
“She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.”
“It doesn't feel like a girdle. It's very free.”
Jackie Schutty
“So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.”