Apparel Quotes

• Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public.

  George W. Crane

  Inspirational, Life, Language

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• The apparel oft proclaims the man.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Men, Clothes

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Strength, Inspiration, Mind

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2013). “The Heart of the New Thought: The Secret Edition - Open Your Heart to the Real Power and Magic of Living Faith and Let the Heaven Be in You, Go Deep Inside Yourself and Back, Feel the Crazy and Divine Love and Live for Your Dreams”, p.13, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Every true man's apparel fits your thief.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Thieves, Fit

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 4, sc. 2, l. [46]

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• I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Men, Clothes

  William Shakespeare (1803). “The plays of William Shakespeare”, p.361

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• The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.

  Mary Quant

  Fashion, Women, Clothes

  Mary Quant (1966). “Quant”

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• Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.

  Robert Burns

  Looks

  Robert Burns (1854). “Life and Works”, p.161

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• I love going to Topshop, Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, I'm in love with their jackets.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Topshop, Urban, Jackets

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• Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Dresses, Fancy

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days, On the whole do you think he would have much to spare If he married a woman with nothing to wear?

  William Allen Butler

  Men, Thinking, Russia

  William Allen BUTLER (1858). ““Two Millions”; and “Nothing to Wear.” Two poems”, p.82

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• My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

  Roseanne Barr

  Funny, Running, Military

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• China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.

  Virginia Foxx

  Forgiveness, Government, Ideas

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• I spend a lot of time in American Apparel.

  Carmen Electra

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• Grief is fantastical, and loves the dead, And the apparel of the grave.

  Lord Byron

  Grief, And Love, Graves

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics

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• When you find a burden in belief or apparel, cast it off.

  Amelia Bloomer

  Belief, Burden, Casts

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• I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.

  John James Audubon

  Kindness, Thinking, Errors

  John James Audubon (1868). “The Life and Adventures of J. J. Audubon ... Edited, from Materials Supplied by His Widow, by Robert Buchanan. Second Edition. [With Portraits.]”, p.97

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• I do California casual a little bit better than really small European cut, tight apparel But I can rock some Gucci when I need to. I say this as I'm wearing Adidas sweatpants and a ten-year-old Chrome Hearts T-shirt.

  Carson Daly

  Heart, Cutting, California

  "Last Call: The New Old Nightly Daily Show". Interview with Julie Vadnal, www.elle.com. March 19, 2010.

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• In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell; the husk often tells you what the kernel is.

  Francis Quarles

  Fashion, Soul, Too Late

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.47

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• It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.

  Ben Jonson

  Art, Lying, Giving

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3178, Delphi Classics

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• [I want to build] the biggest apparel company in human history.

  Kanye West

  Want, Company, Humans

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• She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitchfork.

  Jonathan Swift

  Sarcastic, Clothes, Pitchforks

  'Polite Conversation' (1738) dialogue 1

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• His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

  Robert Burns

  Gentleman, Brass, Scholar

  Robert Burns (1863). “The Poetical Works”, p.228

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• There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.

  Kevin Plank

  Success, Business, Inspiration

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• I love clothes! Ill wear anything from Urban Outfitters or American Apparel.

  J. R. Celski

  Clothes, Urban, Ill

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• I will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
  My reasoning they may counter; my speech they may distrust; my apparel they may disapprove; my face they may reject; and even my bargains may cause them suspicion; yet my love will melt all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest clay.
  I will greet this day with love in my heart.

  Og Mandino

  Life, Heart, Making Love

  "The Greatest Salesman in the World". Book by Og Mandino. Chapter 9: "The Scroll Marked II," p. 58, 1968.

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