- Nov 07, 2020
Shoes Quotes
On empathy, style, and the freedom of going barefoot.
This page gathers quotes about shoes in both literal and figurative senses—empathizing with someone you wouldn't want to trade places with, favorite designer pairs, and a farming childhood spent comfortably barefoot. See our look quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the girl who's like, 'Why wear heels when I can wear tennis shoes and be comfortable?' I've always been the girl who's like, 'Let's go play basketball.'
- Large
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, all I wore was ill-fitting corduroys with large shirts and caterpillar shoes.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup.
- Meet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent 25 years clearly understanding that I'm not gonna meet Bono or the Edge. But then it happened at the Grammys when we were all backstage and I just about fell out of my shoes.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The girls grew up playing in my closet - trying on my shoes, etc. Now the tables have turned.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando talking like he was trying to sell shoes, and he was great. I thought anybody could do it. Then I tried it, and I got so uptight, I'm limited as to what I can do on film.
- Cute
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think with boys... it's all about shoes. I've seen so many little boys, and their outfits are so cute, and then their moms put kind of dorky shoes on them.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like a woman who has a vocabulary larger than 'shoes' and 'handbags.' But a nice pair of legs to go in the shoes is always good, too.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a dog. He needs to be walked, and I love running, so I pull out my running shoes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to get one pair of shoes and wear them till they're dirty. Besides, I don't walk - I glide, like butter. Float like a vampire. I'm like Louis Vuitton, but smoother. He wishes he were like me.
- Each One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love all of my shoes! It is a must to have them color coordinated, and to be able to see each and every one of them. I know exactly where each one lives and I can tell if one has even been moved!
- Paris
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmother used to get her shoes made in Paris in the '30s, and they would be shipped to her in Singapore.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have pictures of my grandmother from the 1920s and '30s in avant-garde dresses that looked like they could have come from the House of Worth or Lucien Lelong. She would never say if they were couture, but I do recall her telling me, 'All my clothes and shoes came from Paris.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020