"Coat of paint" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... once," Leibowitz said. "But these days the problems are rather special. Oh, I don't mean we can't do it—we can and we will. But with subminiaturization, Mr. Malone, and semipsionic circuits, a pretty good brain can be hidden beneath a coat of paint." ...
— The Impossibles • Gordon Randall Garrett
... orators—commencement orators, political orators, and pulpit orators. The first use it because they know no better; the second, from the belief that it will catch those who know no better; and third because they find that a bright coat of paint to a religious sign post is particularly attractive to the female members of the congregation. With the first class, it is ignorance; with the second, business, and with the third, a mild, but well defined form of insincerity. You will find, ...
— Observations of a Retired Veteran • Henry C. Tinsley
... teamster stood back to look at his work he laughingly quoted, "'Neat, but no' gaudy,' as McLean says. All we're, needing now is a coat of paint to make a cupboard that would turn Sarah green with envy. Ye'll find that safe an' dry, lad, an' ...
— Freckles • Gene Stratton-Porter
... or carpenter to give a coat of paint to any joinery work he may be doing for me, until I have examined ...
— Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 • Various
... thumb at a rust-colored, three-foot-tall robot that had come up quietly beside him. "If you think you've got trouble take a look at Dik here, that's no coat of paint on him. Dik Dryer, meet Jon Venex an ...
— The Velvet Glove • Harry Harrison
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