Shoes Quotes - Page 6

• If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.

  Tamora Pierce

  Arrogance, Barefoot, Ifs

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.151, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• On your birthday . . . Have a cuppa, kick off your shoes, sit back and relax ? you deserve it! Best Wishes for a Very Relaxing Birthday.

  Margaret Jones

  Birthday, Best Wishes, Relax

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• Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
  Sailed off in a wooden shoe, -
  Sailed on a river of crystal light
  Into a sea of dew.

  Eugene Field

  Night, Light, Sea

  "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" l. 1 (1889)

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• ​To go where you're wishing you could go, first you must tie your shoes and step off the porch.

  John Avery

  Ties, Wish, Firsts

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• Buying a pair of shoes is one of the most optimistic acts I know, next to falling in love. I like nothing better than to see an old man wearing a brand new pair of brogues or cap-toed oxfords, preferably jaunty orange-brown, unscuffed, heels unworn. We want to be here tomorrow, but buying new shoes, like falling in love, says I plan on being here tomorrow.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Falling In Love, Optimistic, Men

  Jonathan Carroll (2005). “Outside the Dog Museum”, p.126, Macmillan

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• It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Guy, Horror, Hard

  'Show the monster" by Daniel ZAlewski, www.newyorker.com. February 7, 2011.

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• I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Thinking, London Olympics, Different

  "Sporting world shocked by Pistorius arrest". "The World TODAY" with Timothy McDonald, www.abc.net.au. February 15, 2013.

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• It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still fear.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Haute Couture, Perfectionism, Ends

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• Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent to vanquishing all foes. Where would I possibly find enough leather With which to cover the surface of the earth? But (wearing) leather just on the soles of my shoes Is equivalent to covering the earth with it. Likewise it is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things; But should I restrain this mind of mine What would be the need to restrain all else?

  Shantideva

  Buddhist, Space, Mind

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• The figures... are not supposed to reveal anything... It's like seeing a stranger in some place like an air terminal for the first time. You look at him, you notice his shoes, his suit, the pin in his lapel, but you don't have any particular feeling about him.

  Wayne Thiebaud

  Air, Feelings, Humanity

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• The leader sees things through the eyes of his followers. He puts himself in their shoes and helps them make their dreams come true. The leader does not say, "Get going!" Instead he says, "Let's go!" and leads the way. He does not walk behind with a whip; he is out in front with a banner.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Motivational, Dream, Eye

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• I've never worn a dress shirt that's been comfortable. I've always just worn dress shoes. On more than one occasion, I've heard that a champion should dress like a champion. But I'm a champion because of who I am. Who I am is not that guy. If everybody wears three-piece suits, everyone looks the same.

  CM Punk

  Who I Am, Guy, Champion

  Interview with Tom Breihan, www.gq.com. July 13, 2011.

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• How to Tell If Shoes Fit: Walking around the shoe store is not going to tell you any more than test-driving a car around a showroom. And those little mirrors? That's so you can tell how your cat is going to like your shoes. The real way to tell how shoes fit is how badly you want them.

  Mimi Pond

  Real, Cat, Mirrors

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• I'm a designer. I make clothes and bags and shoes. I have a job that involves making creative choices, but I'm not a divinely inspired human being like an artist!

  Marc Jacobs

  Jobs, Artist, Clothes

  Interview with Glenn O'Brien, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 30, 2008.

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• The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can't be expected to be taken that seriously.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Taken, Men, Play

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• Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.

  Tori Amos

  Good Shoes, Ifs

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• I buy shoes sometimes and use them as bookends. They're too beautiful to wear.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Beautiful, Use, Sometimes

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• I have wanted women whose very shoes are worth all I have ever possessed.

  John Fante

  Wanted, Possessed

  John Fante (2002). “Ask The Dust”, p.14, Canongate Books

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• And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.

  Pope John Paul II

  Cfs, Feet, Sanctuary

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• I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot.

  Plutarch

  Thinking, Feet, Littles

  Plutarch (1871). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.385

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• And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed.

  Michelangelo

  Beauty, Men, Sheep

  Francisco de Hollanda, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1928). “Four dialogues on painting”, Hyperion Pr

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• When an attractive but ALOOF ("cool") man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our underpants. There are thousands of scientific concepts as to why this is so, and yes, yes, it's very sick but none of this helps.

  Lynda Barry

  Men, Sick, Shining

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• We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on to him, begging him to teach ushow to do whatever is masculine, to throw balls or be in the woods or go see where he works. . . . We want our fathers to protect us from coming too completely under the control of our mothers. . . . We want to be seen with Dad, hanging out with men and doing men things.

  Frank Pittman

  Mother, Dad, Father

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• I feel funny saying this, I'm not really a shoe shopper. I'm not going to go out and buy hundreds of pairs of shoes. I'm much more thoughtful than [Carrie] is, which is also one of the treats of playing her all these years.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Thoughtful, Years, Pairs

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm one of the people who believes that our losses were greater than our gains. Because before the Civil Rights movement we had entrepreneurship in the black community. Right now, in Harlem, if I wanted to get a shoe repaired, I would have a hard time finding a black shoe repairman. On near about every third corner, you could find a decent black barber, decent black laundry, had restaurants in the neighborhood that were open 24 hours. The food was good at 3 o'clock in the morning as at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Morning, Believe, Loss

  Source: www.ourtimepress.com

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