Randy Houser

Granny beads are what they're called when a grandma works the garden all day - you always see them - they have a handkerchief around their neck with a lot of dust on them, and then the sweat will go down and make these black beads of sweat and dirt around their neck. And that's what they call granny beads.

American Musician

Herb Caen

Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.

American Journalist

Fanny Kemble

The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.

English Actress

Lizzie Andrew Borden

Maggie went out of doors to wash the windows and father came out into the kitchen and said he did not know whether he would go down to the post office or not. And then I sprinkled some handkerchiefs to iron.

American Celebrity

Greg Lynn

Before computers, you'd start designing using shapes of cubes. Now I can start with something like a handkerchief, an object that doesn't have strong inside and outside boundaries or much closed volume.

American Architect

Rachel Maddow

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Helen Fisher

Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends' T-shirts, and throughout tales in history men have held on to their lover's handkerchief.

American Scientist

Jude Law

I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I think, 'You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.

British Actor

Ann Widdecombe

Always carry a handkerchief. Especially in television studios.

British Politician

Reinhold Messner

I am my own home, and my handkerchief is my flag.

Italian Explorer

Handkerchiefs are often used for personal hygiene, especially before disposable tissues became common.

Practical Uses

Carrying a handkerchief can suggest that someone is practical and prepared for everyday problems.

Symbol of Preparedness

A handkerchief can convey old-world manners, evoking a sense of refinement and care for personal appearance.

Old-fashioned Charm

As a fashion accessory, a handkerchief can serve as a statement piece, chosen carefully to match an outfit.

Fashion Statement

When used as a fashion accessory, the handkerchief is often made of luxurious fabrics like silk or lace.

Elegant Accessory

 And next you're going to see the long-lived mutant when it's young. So this animal is going to live twice as long. Is it miserable? It doesn't seem to be. It's active. You can't tell the difference really. And they can be completely fertile -- have the same number of progeny as the normal worms do. Now get out your handkerchiefs here.

Cynthia Kenyon:...

 going to live twice as long is it miserable it doesn't seem to be it's very active you can't tell the difference really and they can be completely fertile have the same number of progeny the normal worms do now get out your handkerchiefs here you're going to see in just two weeks the normal worms are

Experiments that hint of...

 but with lots of people, is make gifts for people in power, so not be outside screaming at them, but to give them something like a bespoke handkerchief saying, "Don't blow it. Use your power for good. We know you've got a difficult job in your position of power. How can we help you?"

Activism needs...

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Brain Magic - The Common...

 deep inside another pocket I might have removed the prison and wrapped that in handkerchief the idea was to get inside the jail with my camera when two silver across the line that was bit and was being manhandled by the baton swinging

Photographer Danny Lyon...

 various things he was seeing. The first thing he said was he saw a handkerchief in midair. It was a large blue handkerchief with four orange circles. And he knew it was a hallucination. You don't have handkerchiefs in midair.

What hallucination...

 gas masks surgical masks and even handkerchiefs can reduce exposure to chemical or biological agents but only a sealed-off safe room can offer complete protection from the release of lethal

Biodome Bet PIPE Doomsday...

 covering an area the size of a large handkerchief this means they can detect smells in a range we would never notice this incredible natural ability is put

Dog of Death PIPE...

 And so I want to simulate fog, and that's why I brought a handkerchief with me. And let me put the handkerchief over the solar cell. First you notice

Forget Wi-Fi. Meet the...

 sure handkerchief should be required to yield you after processing birds usually have somebody who will drive the birds