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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes, what she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
- Nov 07, 2020
You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
A shoe dog is somebody that really loves shoes, and that was me. I was a runner... that became important to me, and it's been with me ever since.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
In running, the only equipment that really matters - at least the mentality was in those days - were the pair of shoes that you wore.
- High-End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like mixing high-end finds with less expensive items. I've been known to pair an outfit from Forever 21 with Chanel shoes.
- Deliberation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.
- Broken Glass
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that women would crawl across broken glass to get a cool pair of shoes.
- Greatest Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020
My greatest pleasure is going out on a horrible, cold, wet January morning to pick the vegetables for our Sunday lunch, putting them in a muddy pile on the table, and then spending 45 minutes washing and preparing them. I like doing it because it's so different to what I do in the week. The same holds for cleaning the car or shining my shoes.
- Muscle
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's now possible to have your body 3D-imaged from head to toe at a sub-millimeter accuracy, showing every ripple of muscle or cellulite, to allow the perfect-fitting jeans or shoes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, kicking people's butts with round-edged boots is good, but with pointy shoes, it's even better.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Jam went through a phase of wearing satin jackets. But that was pre-getting signed and making it, when we were still playing the pubs and clubs - around '75. Shocking, really - what would you call them apart from 'horrible?' We'd wear these white zip-up bomber jackets with black kind of loon pants and black and white shoes.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always get jealous when I'm in London because the men are so well put together. They wear suits with shoes and ties that have splashes of colour here and there.
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- Nov 07, 2020