Trousers Quotes

• A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.

  Yohji Yamamoto

  Beautiful, Cutting, Gowns

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• You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.

  Chris Martin

  Stars, Rocks, Rock Star

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• I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

  T. S. Eliot

  Age, Aging, Grows

  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 120 (1917)

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• I had my trousers on at all times.

  Anthony Head

  All Time

  Toronto Trek, July 12, 2003.

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• The existence of trousers proves that God meant us to be bipeds.

  David C.H. Austin

  Science, Evolution, Existence

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• a most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Excellent

  Charles Dickens (2016). “British Classics: Great Expectations”, p.318, The Planet

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• The first sign of extravagance is to buy trousers that one does not need.

  George Ade

  Doe, Needs, Extravagance

  George Ade (1904). “True bills”

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• Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Men, Long, Morality

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook B 12, 1799.

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• I am a cloud - in trousers.

  George Balanchine

  Dance, Clouds, Ballet

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• Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Time, Library, Principles

  "'Gedanken, Satiren, Fragmente' ('Thoughts, Satires, Fragments')". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1907.

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• I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn’t find any.

  Tommy Cooper

  Funny, Humor, Camouflage

  "Tommy Cooper: the best quotes" by Michael Hogan, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2014.

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• I hate wearing trousers and shoes. I wear jeans and sneakers most of the time.

  Mark Webber

  Hate, Jeans, Sneakers

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• Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.

  Clive James

  Men, Fire, Sound

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• There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Matter, Jeeves, Moments

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “Wonderful Wodehouse 2: A Collection: Thank You Jeeves, Right Ho Jeeves, The Code of the Woosters”, p.784, Random House

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• I never weigh myself. But if I put my trousers on and they don't do up, then I don't eat until I can.

  Charlie Watts

  Ifs, I Can

  "Charlie Watts's Guide to Dressing Like a Gentleman". Interview with Mary Kaye Schilling, www.gq.com. June 29, 2012.

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• Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

  T. S. Eliot

  Hair, Flannels, Peaches

  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 122 (1917)

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• So, we get into the first piece. Then, layer, layer, layer, do all of this. Then we jump into the trousers. Then I'm zip-tied in to this bottom piece and glued into the feet. So you can't get out. There is a zipper...somewhere. But it'll cost you money to find out where. And to actually make it functional, it's pretty ridiculous. So, I plan ahead.

  Colm Feore

  Feet, Zippers, Firsts

  Source: collider.com

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• I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

  T. S. Eliot

  Loneliness, Thinking, Poetry

  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 122 (1917)

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• The only man who really needs a tail coat is a man with a hole in his trousers.

  John Taylor

  Men, Needs, Tails

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• I am much inclined to live from my rucksack, and let my trousers fray as they like.

  Hermann Hesse

  Travel, Fray

  Hermann Hesse (1980). “Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays”

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• I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.

  Rod Stewart

  Careers, Knowing, Secret

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• One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Inspirational, Success, Truth

  "Enemy of the People". Play by Henrik Ibsen, 1883.

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• Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Drinking, Reading, Wine

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008). “Infidel”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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• A man walks into doctor's office. "What seems to be the problem?" asks the doc. "It's ... um ... well ... I have five penises." replies the man. "Blimey!" says the doctor, "How do your trousers fit?" "Like a glove."

  Tommy Cooper

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• All a woman needs to be chic is a raincoat, two suits, a pair of trousers and a cashmere sweater

  Hubert de Givenchy

  Fashion, Two, Sweaters

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