Anouska Hempel

England used to be known for making beautiful things. Then we became the rag trade, known for our street fashions, which were picked up around the world. I want us to be recognized for quality. We have the hands to make the clothes. What we need is the motivation.

New Zealander Actress

Patti Davis

The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.

American Celebrity

Sojourner Truth

It is written that there shall be a separation, and the sheep shall be separated from the goats. The other preachers have the sheep; I have the goats. And I have a few sheep among my goats, but they are very ragged.

American Activist

Stewart O'Nan

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.

American Novelist

Haley Bennett

Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and tell a story.

American Actress

Diana Ross

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.

Irish Actor

Ravi Kishan

I am the man who has risen from rags to riches.

Indian Actor

Gin Wigmore

New Zealander Musician

Roger Ailes

American Businessman

Often used for cleaning purposes or to refer to unwanted, leftover fabric.

Common Uses

Can imply something is worn out or has low value, especially when talking about clothing.

Emotional Implication

Used to express a negative opinion about the credibility or quality of a publication.

Disparaging Term

Commonly found in informal speech, it's not a term used in formal writing.

Colloquial Use

Often used among friends or peers; can be light-hearted but sometimes hurtful.

Social Context

Popular in American English to indicate making fun of someone or something.

Cultural Nuance

Usually refers to a community event; something organized locally and publicly.

Local Events

A 'rag' might be an expected yearly celebration or gathering in a town or city.

Annual Tradition

Implies something is inexpensive or for those with a lower budget, often used for second-hand items.

Economic Implication

Describes something being moved roughly or without control, often due to external forces.

Physical Movement

 so that nobody finds out that I'm menstruating. Due to repeated washing the rags would become coarse, and I would often get rashes and infections using them. I wore these already for five years until I moved out of that town. Another issue that periods brought in my life

A taboo-free way to talk...

 I never knew what a coral could do when it was given a chance to thrive. The truth is that even as we lose so many corals, even as we go through this massive coral die-off, some reefs will survive. Some will be ragged on the edge, some will be beautiful.

Why I still have hope...

 her mother and then her father. She was an AIDS orphan being handed across different extended families to be cared for. She herself was suffering from HIV; she was suffering from tuberculosis. I met her in a field, she was ragged, she had no shoes.

Wiring a web for global...

 Without both elements you have no support. If you have fluid with no wall to surround it and keep pressure up, you have a puddle. And if you have just the wall with no fluid inside of it to put the wall in tension, you've got a little wet rag.

What we didn't know...

 time at work than their peers because they have a deep fear of not being good enough others invest in friendships that don't serve them because they fear loneliness many run themselves ragged so they don't have to feel when I look back

Time Debt PIPE Linda...

 Instead of throwing them away at the end of their life, donate, recycle, or reuse them as cleaning rags. And, finally, you might ask yourself, how many t-shirts and articles of clothing will you consume over your lifetime,

The life cycle of a...

 this longest period of excruciating pain in my life there wasn't any other way and we barely made it and we're on the ragged edge of bankruptcy the entire time so when you felt like i want pain i don't like it

Elon Musk talks Twitter,...

 impossible for it to support itself on two legs this ragged hunk of roadkill is a crawler if I were you I'd hold it till the next rest stop though its body may be inactive zombie fungus is still

A Handy Zombie...

 an old man came in clutching a bundle of rags. And he walked in, and somebody said something to him, we realized he was deaf, and we looked into the rags, and there was this pair of eyes.

Joan Halifax: Compassion...

 Later he uses a bigger bit of rag and does the same. Only strong healthy and well-fed males