Top 1200 Worn Out Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Wrestling with work-life balance is a luxury when working to support a family is a necessity rather than a choice. I think that focus is only partially a result of these tough economic times. I think it also reflects a bit of "having it all fatigue": women are worn out from feeling the pressure to excel at work, and be the perfect mom at home.

What if my trousers are shabby and worn, they cover a warm hearth.

I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order.

We all have scars [...] Better by far for them to be worn on the outside.

You may have heard the saying, 'When you're in love, smoke gets in your eyes.' Well when you're talking, smoke gets in your eyes and ears. Once you're on a roll, it's very easy to not notice that you've worn out your welcome.

I like pieces that have everyday appeal and can be worn anywhere!

Albertans have always worn their passions on their sleeves.

... and she had worn bitterness as though it were a crown.

I haven't worn one for a long time, but I look pretty good in a suit.

…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.

Of course I remember everything I've ever worn.

I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.

Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange.

I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old.

People live their lives, constantly surrounded by anxiety. if they live long before dying, they end up in senility, worn out by concerns: a terrible fate! The body is treated in a very harsh fashion. Courageous men are seen by everyone under Heaven as worthy, but this doesn't preserve them from death. I am not sure I know whether this is sensible or not.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

I was born in high heels and I've worn them ever since.

If I may ride with you, Citizen Evremonde, will you let me hold your hand? I am not afraid, but I am little and weak, and it will give me more courage." As the patient eyes were lifted to his face, he saw a sudden doubt in them, and then astonishment. He pressed the work-worn, hunger-worn young fingers, and touched his lips. "Are you dying for him?" she whispered. "And his wife and child. Hush! Yes." "Oh, you will let me hold your brave hand, stranger?" "Hush! Yes, my poor sister; to the last.

I've been spoiled rotten with the costumes I've worn.

I was more worn out with the "Odyssey" than it was with the "Iliad." I mean, just comparing those two - you can see how it's changing, how the language of the "Iliad" is somehow monstrously new - and that language of the "Odyssey" is more comfortable, even for us.

Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more gently each time, till as it were the panting earth, worn out with the fierce passions of her fiery youth, has sobbed herself to sleep once more, and this new world of man is made.

Emotionally, I've always worn my heart on my sleeve.

I'd never worn a tie before. I was a bushman.

Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

I know that when I think of myself as being utterly worn out, when I think that somehow I have nothing more to write, then something is happening within me. And, in due course, it bubbles up; it comes to the surface, and then I do my best to listen. But there's nothing mystical about all this. I suppose all writers do the same.

Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor. He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead, but Ma did not want to leave the settled country.

You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden still weighs you down, while other people are given wings on freer shoulders, people who have not worn themselves out with research, nor spent a decade and more reflecting on these questions.

The bodies we have are not made for extended use. We must cope with accumulated DNA damage, cell damage, muscle atrophy, bone loss, decreased muscle mass, and joints worn out from overuse during a lifetime of bipedal locomotion. It might have worked great for prehistoric humans, but it wreaks havoc on our knees and hips.

Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long: Even wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more; Till like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.

The #18 jersey will never be worn again

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Our bells are worn threadbare with ringing for victories

The Ozarks are old and worn mountains from the geological past.

This is hard to admit, but historically, I haven't worn sunscreen. I know - not good.

His face was very heavily creased, and into each crease he had tucked some worry or other, so that it wasn't really his face any longer, but more like a tree that had nests of birds in all of the branches. He had to struggle constantly to manage it and always looked worn out from the effort.

Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures.

I feel the sexiest in my husband's t-shirts, especially after he's worn it all day.

It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old water-proof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a cafe au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write.

For forty years, I've worn the same Azzaro Uomo fragrance.

We are living at an important and fruitful moment now, for it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by the popular culture are worn out; a man can no longer depend on them. By the time a man is thirty-five he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life.

I want to design clothes that I wish I could have worn when I was a teenager.

For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.

Sorry, honey, but I haven't worn a nightgown in years.

I no longer want to walk on worn soles.

Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.

My worries travel around in my head on their well worn path

You might be a redneck if you've ever worn a dress that is strapless with a bra that isn't.

The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.

Let me apologize for all the faces I've worn, none of them my own.

So now you can let go, my darling...Let go...Let go of this poor old body. You don't need it anymore. Let it fall away from you. Leave it lying there like a pile of worn-out clothes...Go on, my darling, go on into the Light, into the peace, into the living peace of the Clear Light.

You can't recall someone whose name has worn away.

I've worn it to church before. Camouflage and the other clothes.

The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.

Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary was tough. I was worn out. She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels.

I've worn makeup for so long, my skin needs it.

I hadn't expected to be kidnapped today or I'd have worn something more conservative.

I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

Randalf the Wise indeed!I've worn wiser pairs of underpants!