155 Footwear Quotes

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Famous Footwear Quotes

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world. - Bette Midler

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world. — Bette Midler

Good shoes - they're the ultimate finishing touch. In fact, we actually joke in my family that your shoes have to be shined before you can leave the house. — Cam Newton

Good shoes take you to good places — Seohyun

Shoes are the finishing touch on any outfit and it is important to complete a look with the perfect pair! — Tracy Reese

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. - Leonardo da Vinci

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. — Leonardo da Vinci

Never underestimate the power of a shoe. — Giuseppe Zanotti

These are my shoes that I designed from top to the very sole to the very top to the bottom. Laces. — Ryan Lochte

I like boots that are comfortable. Better for fit and touch as well. — Neymar

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes. — Oprah Winfrey

I bought a pair of Birkenstocks today - let's be real. I wanted a chunky sandal that was functional. That should tell you where I am at as far as fashion. — Chloe Sevigny

To wear dreams on one's feet is to begin to give reality to one's dreams. - Roger Vivier

To wear dreams on one's feet is to begin to give reality to one's dreams. — Roger Vivier

A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman. — Christian Louboutin

If you would like to leave footprints in the sands of time, you had better wear work shoes. — Herbert V. Prochnow

The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself — Fergie

The right shoe can make everything different. — Jimmy Choo

Short Footwear Quotes

  • Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally. — Christian Louboutin
  • The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have. — Christian Louboutin
  • You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. — Christian Dior
  • It's really beautiful. But you know, fancy footwear is a pain! — Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
  • One should never create tension between one's footwear. — Rachel Caine

Footwear Image Quotes

Shoe Quotes

Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity which is derived from a sense of independence. — Maria Montessori

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world. — Barack Obama

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! — Billy Connolly

Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

Act your age, not your shoe size. — Prince

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. — John Locke

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet. — Zinedine Zidane

It represents a Bible verse I wear on my shoe. Philippians 4:13. It says 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' It's also my mantra, how I get up for games and why I play the way I do. — Stephen Curry

I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet. — Yiddish Proverbs

As you go through life's rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren't fit to shine your shoes. It's a sad fact, but it's true. A good friend is someone who'd hide you if you were on the run for murder. How many of them do you know? — Lemmy Kilmister

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change. — John Lewis

Good Shoes Quotes

If you hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get anyway with anything. — Iris Apfel

The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world. — Alicia Keys

It's more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera — Sebastiao Salgado

Any man will follow any feminine looking thing down any dark alley; I've always wanted to see a man beaten to a shit bloody pulp with a high-heeled shoe stuffed up his mouth, sort of the pig with the apple; it would be good to put him on a serving plate but you'd need good silver. — Andrea Dworkin

A good shoe is one that doesn't dress you but undresses you. - Christian Louboutin

A good shoe is one that doesn't dress you but undresses you. — Christian Louboutin

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. — Charles Barkley

Happiness, it seems to me, consists of two things: first, in being where you belong, and second -- and best -- in comfortably going through everyday life, that is, having had a good night's sleep and not being hurt by new shoes. — Theodor Fontane

I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl. — Amy Adams

Your shoes are only as good as the laces they're attached to. — Greg Sampson

Walking Shoes Quotes

We walk the same path, but got on different shoes, live in the same building, but we got different views — Drake

Look in my eyes, see what I see Do what I do, be what I be Walk in my shoes, hurt your feet Then know why I do dirt in the street. — DMX

I think my attitude's different when I'm in the different places. I don't walk around in character. I try not to walk around with the accent, but those little things change you, whether it's your hair, your clothes, your shoes or a different silhouette. People absolutely look at you differently. — Anna Torv

I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table. — Norman Cook

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes. — Steve Martin

Without investigating the water, don't take off your shoes to walk through it. — Afghan Proverbs

When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire movies and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a chance to walk in Doyle's shoes and have fun with it. — Glenn Quinn

Don't criticize what you can't understand, son. You never walked in that's man shoes. — Elvis Presley

Comfort is number one for me with shoes. I like to do a test walk in heels to make sure I won’t fall or get crazy blisters. — Sadie Sink

I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else. - Sadie Frost

I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else. — Sadie Frost

Pair Of Shoes Quotes

I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator. — Mary Harris Jones

To the barefoot man, happiness is a pair of shoes. To the man with old shoes, it's a pair of new shoes. To the man with new shoes, it's stylish shoes. And of course, the fellow with no feet would be happy to be barefoot. Measure your life by what you have not by what you don't. — Michael Josephson

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. - Imelda Marcos

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. — Imelda Marcos

Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes. — George Carlin

I love living my life in flip-flops. I met a guy in the islands a while ago who told me he hadn't worn a pair of shoes in three years! I thought, 'Man, that's the life!' — Kenny Chesney

I love handbags. And shoes. Investing in like a great handbag or a pair of shoes can really make or break an outfit. It's fun to mix and match high street with luxury brands and throw in a bit of vintage as well. — Miranda Kerr

Because its hard to realize now that that was the end of the great depression, you know. All of a sudden all of this is in front of me and I'm solvent, you know. I'm making some money and I know where my next meal is coming from, and I have a new pair of shoes and that's it. — Robert McCloskey

It is an amazing thing, the difference to one’s powers of concentration a pair of comfortable shoes can make. — Laurie R. King

You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it. — Taylor Momsen

you don't need any [money] to do [Parkour], just a pair of good shoes and that's all. — David Belle

Shoes And Fashion Quotes

I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it. — Alexander McQueen

You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet. — Christian Dior

The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress. — Hubert de Givenchy

Elegance and comfort are not incompatible, and whoever maintains the contrary simply doesn't know what he's talking about — Salvatore Ferragamo

If the shoe fits, buy it in every color! - Jerry Smith

If the shoe fits, buy it in every color! — Jerry Smith

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. — Karl Lagerfeld

How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels? — Sonia Rykiel

Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory. - Coco Chanel

Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory. — Coco Chanel

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. — Coco Chanel

Clothes as text, clothes as narration, clothes as a story. Clothes as the story of our lives. And if you were to gather all the clothes you have ever owned in all your life, each baby shoe and winter coat and wedding dress, you would have your autobiography. — Linda Grant

Comfortable Shoes Quotes

I love exaggerated, and I love eccentric, but you must be comfortable. Otherwise it is nonsense. There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes. — Manolo Blahnik

I think the comfort of sneakers is really coming back. Everybody wants a cool pair of shoes, but they want to be comfortable. — Fabolous

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there. — Sophia Bush

Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I planned on backing off every time running got difficult I would hang up my shoes and take up knitting. — Desiree Linden

We forget our health and comfort and notice a pinching shoe. Much of living well is detaching from our boring stories of pain and shifting focus — Derren Brown

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes. — Octavia Spencer

That's where I'm comfortable - playing a jackass on the scene, rolling in with my pocket watch and my buffoon hairdo, with my shoes. — Alan Tudyk

I have lots of shoes, but I have to be comfortable. Lately, I've stolen my husband's big, ugly Uggs to wear around the kitchen. I want to have them on, then slide into a fabulous heel later. Truth is, I often forget the heel. — Debi Mazar

I loved superhero stuff.So comfortable, I got to wear like orthopedic running shoes every day. — Rachel McAdams

An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it. — Robert Breault

Leather Shoes Quotes

The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it. ... Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary. — Stella McCartney

I am vegetarian, so I don’t have clothes, shoes or bags made from leather or suede or any animal products. Shoes are hard to find. These are fake Uggs. And I’ve got a pair of vintage boots, which are PVC. — Leona Lewis

Men may not read the gospel in sealskin, or the gospel in morocco, or the gospel in cloth covers, but they can't get away from the gospel in shoe leather. — Donald Grey Barnhouse

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes. — Ramana Maharshi

When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats andclothes you have worn out. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather. — Chogyam Trungpa

Walking is easiest, you don't need a lot of apparatus. Just shoe leather and good feet. — Paul Dudley White

To be good or bad doesn't count: life out in this world doesn't depend on that. It depends on a relation of forces based on violence. And survival is violence. You'll wear leather shoes because someone has killed a cow and skinned it to make leather. — Oriana Fallaci

Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather. — Stuart Symington

We have to compete in a universe of 200 networks, so we have to carve out our own niche, and to me, that niche is just basic shoe-leather journalism with some good journalists at the helm you can trust as presenters. — Walter Isaacson

Running Shoes Quotes

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse. - Ann Trason

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse. — Ann Trason

Your goal might be to run a marathon, but your gateway habit is to put on your running shoes. — James Clear

Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth. - Lil Wayne

Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth. — Lil Wayne

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes. - Bill Rodgers

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes. — Bill Rodgers

'Sex and The City' was made to correct the myth that if you were single at a certain age, you were a leper. Its four characters are heroes to a lot of women; they run around New York, or Gotham - but they have fancy shoes instead of capes. — Michael Patrick King

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan

There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout — Kathrine Switzer

Buy all shoes, both street and running, slightly longer and wider than your bigger foot. Also, avoid pointed shoes. You'll save yourself needless foot pain. — Ted Corbitt

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. — Pierre de Coubertin

Running is something you just do. You don’t need a goal. You don’t need a race. You don’t need the hype of a so-called fitness craze. All you need is a cheap pair of shoes and some time; the rest will follow. — Ted Corbitt

Flat Shoes Quotes

I can't concentrate in flats. — Victoria Beckham

My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup. — Kristin Bauer van Straten

Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony. — Ellen DeGeneres

I love wearing flat shoes, but I am not one of those girls who walks around in sweat pants and sneakers. — Claudia Schiffer

The problem that we have is thinking there's only one kind of feminist, and that she's politically correct and right on at all times, wears flat shoes, doesn't wear makeup, probably doesn't have sex, is very angry, wears dungarees, is a vegetarian. — Caitlin Moran

When you're pregnant you just want to be comfortable - but I wear more or less the same as I do when I'm not pregnant: pregnancy denim with normal tops and flat shoes. But when the belly starts to really stick out, I'll want the floaty dresses! — Alessandra Ambrosio

I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. I was in agony. My high heels had left my feet bleeding. Laugh all you want, my feet hurt — Mariah Carey

I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. — Mariah Carey

What do you wear on a running machine? I can't bring myself to wear flat shoes. — Victoria Beckham

The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can't be expected to be taken that seriously. — Karl Lagerfeld

Tennis Shoes Quotes

Why do I wear tennis shoes? That's two questions. Do I wear tennis shoes? The answer to that question is, "Yes." "Why?" That's a question philosophers have been pondering for centuries. — Irwin Corey

A lot of people now think Im a shoe. They dont even know I was a tennis player. The shoe has really taken on a life of its own, way beyond me. — Stan Smith

In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe. — Elliott Chaze

I love jeans, T-shirts, boots, and tennis shoes. - Ashley Benson

I love jeans, T-shirts, boots, and tennis shoes. — Ashley Benson

I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco. — Amy Irving

Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK. — David Soul

I like things to feel a touch unfinished; sweatpants with heels, or tennis shoes with a trouser. Those things are important. — Jenna Lyons

Why did I lose? No reason, though you might like to know that I got tired, my ears started popping, the rubber came off my shoes, I got cramp, and I lost one of my contact lenses. Other than that I was in great shape. — Bob Lutz

The Human Species could have been great but instead we became satisfied with lights on our tennis shoes. — George Carlin

Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either. — Jeff Tweedy

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More Footwear Quotes

The secret of toe cleavage, a very important part of the sexuality of the shoe; you must only show the first two cracks. — Manolo Blahnik

The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike… is to stop thinking about ‘there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off’ and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way. — Dick Costolo

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. — Baron de Montesquieu

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. — Montesquieu

I definitely spend the most money on shoes, partly because vintage footwear can be a little funky - in a bad way. I like to keep things pretty simple up top and then go weird with the shoes. — Chloe Sevigny

Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is a great way to jazz it up and make your ensemble more interesting. — Christian Siriano

Throw away your 10-function chronometer, heart-rate monitor with the computer printout, training log, high-tech underwear, pace charts, and laboratory-rat-tested-air-injected-gel-lined-mo-tion-control-top-of-the-line footwear. Run with your own imagination. — Lorraine Moller

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court — Maria Sharapova

Technical garments for sporting performance will, I believe, simply become more and more fit for purpose and will perform better and better. What is perhaps more interesting is how this technology will cross over into the fashion mainstream. We already see this trend in everything from footwear to outerwear. — Giorgio Armani

Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear. — Michael Johnson

It is no coincidence that some of America's most lethargic industries-steel, footwear, rubber, textiles-are also among the most heavily protected. — Thomas DiLorenzo

... the running shoe ... could be called the Swiss Army knife of footwear ... What appeal is there to a shoe whose only selling point is comfort? — Mimi Pond

Tibby sat on the outside of a group of kids in the film program. There was a lot of dark clothing and heavy footwear, and quite a few piercings glinting in sunlight. They had invited her to sit with them while they all finished up their lunches before film seminar. Tibby knew that they had invited her largely because she had a ring in her nose. This bugged her almost as much as when people excluded her because she had a ring in her nose. — Ann Brashares

The bread which you hold back belongs to the hungry; the coat, which you guard in your locked storage-chests, belongs to the naked; the footwear mouldering in your closet belongs to those without shoes. The silver that you keep hidden in a safe place belongs to the one in need. Thus, however many are those whom you could have provided for, so many are those whom you wrong. — Saint Basil

I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India — a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati a range of the finest British footwear. — Julian Assange

The 'Tarahumara' use their legs 'as designed.' By running at a young age with minimal footwear, they naturally develop the best biomechanical use of their legs. Cushioned shoes restrict foot movements and allow for over-striding. Short strides are natural. — Christopher McDougall

If I'm going to spunk £500 on a pair of designer shoes, it's going to be a pair that I can a) dance to 'Bad Romance' in and b) will allow me to run away from a murderer, should one suddenly decide to give chase. — Caitlin Moran

I can't concentrate in flats. I could go to the gym if I wore flats, I'd love to go to the gym, but I just can't get my head around the footwear. — Victoria Beckham

--I lifted one foot from the brackish water, and the bunny slippers were soaked and drooped pathetically. Even the fangs seemed robbed of any charm. "Don't worry," I told it. "Someone will pay for your suffering. Heavily. With screaming." I felt I should repeat it for the other slipper, in case there should be any bad feelings between the two. One should never create tension between ones's footwear. --POV is Myrnin, page 221 — Rachel Caine

It's called male bonding. You'll never get it. I believe women are as capable as men, deserve equal pay—and that one day, should be sooner than later, in my opinion, the right woman can and should be leader of the free world. But you can't understand the male bonding rituals any more than men can understand why the vast majority of women are obsessed with shoes and other footwear. — Nora Roberts

Luke moved as silently as fog, while Maryse's heels sounded like gunshots on the marble floor. Clary wondered if Isabelle's propensity for unsuitable footwear was genetic. — Cassandra Clare

But looking at this closet, so nice and arranged with their crazy lives at rest among these carefully placed clothes and footwear, she felt good about where they were. "Normal" was not a bad things in this lunatic world; it really was. No matter how it happened to be defined. — J.R. Ward

As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates. — Barbara Hambly

I zoomed in on the shoe department like a blonde homing pigeon. Shoes, shoes everywhere! Ah, sweet shoes. I truly think you can take the measure of a civilization by looking at its footwear. — MaryJanice Davidson

You used to be able to tell a person's nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned nationality via the footwear. Globalization ended that. — Jeffrey Eugenides

She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes, which did not make a whole lot of sense, because probably AFTER you had walked a mile in their shoes, you would understand that they were chasing you and accusing you of the theft of a pair of shoes--although, of course, you could probably outrun them, owing to their lack of footwear. — Terry Pratchett

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