Top 1200 Old Shoes Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

I'd like to see a return to old-school values, classic service and the old-world glamour of what dining - going out - is supposed to be.

Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.

I was shying away from acting for the longest time - because of having such big shoes to fill.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

If you have good gear and shoes, you can go for long runs and sustain yourself for a longer duration.

I have a fetish for shoes; makeup and jewellery so I tend to splurge more on these products than clothes.

perhaps all this modern ferment of what's known as 'social conscience' or 'civic responsibility' isn't a result of the sense of duty, but of the old, old craving for beauty.

I'm not a method actor. I try to stay separate but to imagine what they'd feel, to put myself in their shoes.

I came from my father being one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. It's really hard to fill those shoes.

Slowly he took out the clothes in which, ten years beforem Cosette had left Montfermeil; first the little dress, then the black scarf, then the great heavy child's shoes Cosette could still almost have worn, so small was her foot, then the vest of very thich fustian, then the knitted petticoat, the the apron with pockets, then the wool stockings.... Then his venerable white head fell on the bed, this old stoical heart broke, his face was swallowed up, so to speak, in Cosette's clothes, and anybody who had passed along the staircase at that moment would have heard irrepressible sobbing.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

We had to take off our shoes after school to save wear on the soles.

Don't go to eighth grade...don't talk about something old...don't bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.

Oh, both my shoes are shiny new, And pristine is my hat My dress is 1922… My life is all like that.

I wear sneakers all the time. Well, I can't fit any girls' shoes. I've got big feet.

There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.

I am just pitifully nostalgic. I can't help but roll my eyes at myself frequently. I mean, I still shoot black-and-white film. And I am constantly reminiscing about the 'good old days.' I'm 28 years old. There haven't even been that many 'good old days.' But still, I love to look back.

I grow old, I grow old, the center will not fold. In youth I had hardening of the categories and looked for the father and the mother in every lover. Then I cracked. Then I fragmented. Then the old man in my soul found the god in herself, not in some Jungian fairy tale but in the flesh that fell from the bones and the words that came into my mouth when the look went out of their eyes.

I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther.

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes. You'd know what a drag it is to see you.

What else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That’s the reality of getting old, and I guess that’s really the crux of the matter. I’m not ready to be old yet.

I have too many to count. Put it this way, I rival my wife with the amount of shoes she has in Jordans.

Shoes are the finishing touch on any outfit and it is important to complete a look with the perfect pair!

You don't order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them 'sister' the next.

Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.

Selling $500 shoes when you make $12 an hour is just an awkward economic juxtaposition.

I'm damn near 37 years old, and I'm jumping up and down on the bed like my 10-year-old. I was a wild man

I particularly love the silk in Jakarta, the shoes in Tokyo and the amazing cloth from Thailand and Malaysia.

Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes.

I've got nothing to complain about. I have to enjoy and be grateful. Lots of people would like to be in my shoes.

I personally approve all the shoes that go into production, and I have a level of involvement with the factories that other people don't have.

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass. Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires, Old fires to ashes, and ashes to the earth Which is already flesh, fur and faeces, Bone of man and beast, cornstalk and leaf.

On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

You want to go to a summer concert and not watch a band staring at its shoes for six hours and complaining.

I think there's an interesting contradiction of having a young face and an old soul. There's something funny about it, and it also allows you to reinvent being old.

The Autumn is old; The sere leaves are flying; He hath gather'd up gold, And now he is dying;- Old age, begin sighing!

It's a lot harder to rack up a big bill on clothes and shoes than on boats and cars.

you boys can keep your virgins give me hot old women in high heels with asses that forgot to get old.

No one can fill Senator Daniel K. Inouye's shoes - but together, all of us, we can try to walk in his footsteps.

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

School is not a great place to have feminine features or a big nose, or to wear glasses or the wrong shoes.

That's where I'm comfortable - playing a jackass on the scene, rolling in with my pocket watch and my buffoon hairdo, with my shoes.

I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.

It sounds awful and sort of goody two-shoes, but I never eat between meals.

Sometimes I feel that old desire. Then my body tells me it is 50 years old. I take the easy way instead.

The early Church had nothing but the Old Testament. The New Testament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament lies open in the New.

It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room, as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.

I used to literally spend every dime I had on clothes, shoes and getting fresh.

Playing characters is fun because you get the chance to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

I love old moons. There is something humanized about them; they are dulled a little, and rich in color. One can stare all night at an old moon.

I've got cheekier with age. You can get away with murder when you're 71 years old. People just think I'm a silly old fool.

Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else's shoes.

I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.

The actor's job is to put themselves in the shoes of the character they are trying to portray as truthfully as possible.

The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have.

My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it." I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as an adult I find satisfying, but also that manages to reach a curious 13- or 14-year-old.

Shoes are by far the most complicated thing to bring to market. It's not just design. You need engineering.