Shoe Quotes
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It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
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More Shoe Quotes
" many seemingly independent businessmen or craftsman are more or less well paid retainers of larger corporations, such as the cobbler, operating a United States shoe machine or an automobile dealer holding a license of the General Motors Corporation."
paul a. baran— Chapter Four, Standstill and Movement Under Monopoly Capitalism, II, p. 84
"We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, built from mousepads, shoe leather and hope."
howard dean— From his official declaration of candidacy, June 23, 2003
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.
Eugene Field— 1889 'Wynken, Blynken, and Nod'.
Shehad the rippling muscles of a panther, thesolidityof a water buffalo, and the lazy insolence of a shoe salesman.
— 1944 Crazy Like a Fox,'Kitchen Bouquet'.
Mary Poppins looked down at her feet and rubbed the toe of one shoe along the pavement two or three times. Then she smiled at the shoe in such a way that the shoe knew quite well that the smile wasn't meant for it.
— 1934 Mary Poppins, ch.2.
A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.
willa cather— Book I, Ch. 4
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me; and you must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
Miguel de Cervantes— Ch. 5. (Part I)
We are taking our culture and suturing it to America. Like gum on the bottom of a shoe, we are not going to disappear. Unlike other peoples who totally assimilated, we are more interested in co-assimilation.
john leguizamo— The New York Times, July 14, 1991.
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades: shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers, a monster watch; and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men.
Daniel Webster— On the Old Man of the Mountain.
Trinny is definitely a hoarder. Her shoe cupboard is open and I lose count when I reach 78.
trinny woodall— Fiona Neill in "Retail therapists" in The Times (14 July 2007)
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
— Meaning: A seemingly trivial event can cause a chain reaction which escaltes into something very big.
— Proverb reported by George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651), #495
If the shoe fits, wear it.
— Accept an unflattering yet accurate description of you. (Speake, 2009)
No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it.
— Meaning: "Nobody can fully understand another person's hardship or suffering."
— Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser (2007). The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs. Infobase Publishing. p. 289.
— Mawr, E.B. (1885). Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages. p. 4.
One of the most difficult of the philosopher's tasks is to find out where the shoe pinches.
ludwig wittgenstein— p. 61 (Notebooks 1914-1916)
A prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that.
— Bukhari 4:538 This is an extraordinary hadith, because following the Sunnah of Muhammad (peace be upon him), prostitutes can be extremely despised figures among most Muslims, yet it expresses the idea that even someone working in one of the most despised of professions, in showing mercy to an animal, can merit the forgiveness of Allah, and the wise.
You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo.
Sylvia Plath— "Daddy"
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."
Plutarch— Aemilius Paulus, sec. 29.
To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said, "I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot."
Plutarch— Of Agesilaus the Great.
If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?
Gloria Steinem— Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983), p. 228
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
Miguel de Cervantes— Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Chapter IV.
The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.
ralph waldo emerson— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims (1876), Greatness.
Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big last extend the shoe too wide, Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside; The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein, The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain; And when too short the modish shoes are worn, You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn.
john gay— John Gay, Trivia, Book I, line 33.
The wearer knows where the shoe wrings.
George Herbert— George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651).
But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.
edward moore— Edward Moore, The Spider and the Bee, Fable X, line 29.
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."
— Plutarch, Lives, "Aemilius Paulus", sec. 29
Thet tells the story! Thet's wut we shall git By tryin' squirtguns on the burnin' Pit; For the day never comes when it'll du To kick on dooty like a worn-out shoe.
james russell lowell— James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers (1848), No. 11.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe the horse was lost; For want of a horse the battle was lost; For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost All for the want of a horse-shoe nail.
— Anonymous, For Want of a Nail, cited in: Jan Gillett (2014), Making Your Work Work: Everyday performance revolution. p. 101
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
— Another version of Franklin.
In the early 1800s, with the development of the pointe shoe and the many stories about fairies and nymphs, the Romantic tutu became popular. This skirt came below the dancers’ knees, and gave them a dreamy, ethereal look, while allowing them to move more freely.
Karen Kain— A Beginner’s Guide to Ballet (p. 7)
