- Service
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- 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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, man, my dad used to buy me the Ted Williams glove at Sears with the Ted Williams shoes with the eight stripes on 'em. I used to play Little League, and I was Ted Williams-ed out.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once upon a time, a long time ago, a man took off his jacket and put on a sweater. Then he took off his shoes and put on a pair of sneakers. His name was Fred Rogers.
- Not Good Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a customer walks out without shoes, you really want to find out why. 'It didn't fit' is not good enough.
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had to control what I was speaking, it would be a chore. Right now I just feel I've got my shoes off, everybody comes in, I talk. If I was an actor it could be a problem, but right now I just talk all the crap, I can badmouth anybody I want, I can say what I want and move on.
- Country Singer
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a fetish for shoes; makeup and jewellery so I tend to splurge more on these products than clothes.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the good things about losing your feet is I can wear all the pointy shoes I want, and it doesn't hurt anymore. I can wear shoes just for fashion now.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your shoes and bags don't need to match always. It's perfect to be mismatched, too.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just got addicted to getting better. My coach gave me a goal to get a tip dunk in a game - you know, a putback dunk off a rebound. I had never done that. He told me that he'd get me a pair of new shoes if I did it. I just kept trying. I couldn't get it, couldn't get it, couldn't get it. It took me a year or so. Finally, one game, I got it.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
With each new pair of shoes, each new wrist-watch, each new Walkman or moisture-wicking wonder-material that runners put on, the sport became more alluring to me and to millions of others.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our house, the name for all athletic shoes - any that weren't dress or 'church' shoes - was 'tennis shoes,' or 'tennies.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020