English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Shoe Quotes (page 16)

He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined. Beverly Cleary
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and..."
Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip. Charles Caleb Colton
but that in case of Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward Hyde should step into the said Henry Jekyll's shoes without further delay and free from any burthen or obligation beyond the payment of a few small sums to the members of the doctor's household Robert Louis Stevenson
I suggest somewhere that anyone who wishes to write and has no aptitude for it would be better off making shoes for ladies and boots for men. Marquis de Sade
Samuel Beckett quote: "There is man in his entirety, blaming his shoe when his foot..."
There is man in his entirety, blaming his shoe when his foot is guilty. Samuel Beckett
We stepped carefully, so softly, over thorny plants. The dust had turned to mud, splattering our shoes, socks, and legs. By the time we reached the boat, our clothes were clinging to our flesh and stained with the bloody remains of mosquitoes. Mia Kirshner
George Eliot quote: "Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life"
Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life George Eliot
Charles M. Schulz quote: "It's your money or you'll be wearing cement shoes - Peppermint..."
It's your money or you'll be wearing cement shoes - Peppermint Patty Charles M. Schulz
Mexico admits you through an arched stone orifice into the tree-filled courtyard of its heart, where a dog pisses against a wall and a waiter hustles through a curtain of jasmine to bring a bowl of tortilla soup, steaming with cilantro and lime. Cats stalk lizards among the clay pots around the fountain, doves settle into the flowering vines and coo their prayers, thankful for the existence of lizards. The potted plants silently exhale, outgrowing their clay pots. Like Mexico's children... Barbara Kingsolver
Her husband, Rafael, who'd left her and who'd contributed not one penny to his children's welfare, was a fool of such dimensions that he should have been required to dress like a jester, complete with silly hat and curled-toe shoes. Dean Koontz
Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? Lee Iacocca
Robert Benchley quote: "One, two, three / Buckle my shoe."
One, two, three / Buckle my shoe. Robert Benchley
Peter! Were you looking for a horse-shoe?" "No; I was expecting the horse, but the shoe is a piece of pure, gorgeous luck." "And observation. I found it." "You did. And I could kiss you for it. You need not shrink and tremble. I am not going to do it. When I kiss you, it will be an important event -- one of those things which stand out among their surroundings like the first time you tasted li-chee. It will not be an unimportant sideshow attached to a detective investigation. Dorothy L. Sayers
I hadn't bargained for this. I didn't think it would be like this - shabby clothes, worn-out shoes, circles under your eyes, your hair getting straight and lanky, the way people look at you. ... I didn't think it would be like this Jean Rhys

Popular Topics

Popular Author