Dapper Quotes

• On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.

  John Milton

  Fairy, Sand, Shelves

  John Milton (2007). “Complete Shorter Poems”, p.186, Pearson Education

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• A man in a suit looking put together and dapper is very attractive, but I also kind of like the I-just-rolled-out-of-bed, a-little-bit-of-scruff, effortless, not-trying-hard-but-still-sexy guy. If a guy spends more time looking in the mirror than I do, that's problem!

  Nina Dobrev

  Sexy, Men, Mirrors

  "Nina Dobrev Is Our September Cover Girl!" by Laura Brounstein, www.cosmopolitan.com. August 5, 2013.

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• Just like the NBA, the NFL has guys that can pull off multiple looks, ranging from street style to more dapper, buttoned-up looks, and people are starting to notice.

  Cam Newton

  Nfl, Nba, People

  "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

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• And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his shirt(distressingly unbuttoned)hung over his trousers in sloppy fashion. All very out of charactar: Mandrake was normally defined by his rigid self-control. Somthing seemed to have stripped all that away. Well, the poor lad was emotionally brittle.He needed sympathetic handling. "You're a mess," I sneered "You've lost it big time. What's happened? All the guilt and self-loathing suddenly get to you? It can't just be that someone else called me, surly?

  Jonathan Stroud

  Fashion, Eye, Self

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• I love Robert Fripp. You know what I really appreciate about Robert Fripp? He always dresses appropriately for the occasion. When he's on stage, he's a Dapper Dan.

  St. Vincent

  Appreciate, Dresses, Stage

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. September 15, 2011.

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• Professor Braithwope, shimmering out of his room fully clothed and dapper. His mustache was a fluffy caterpillar of curiosity, perched and ready to inquire, dragging the vampire along behind it on the investigation.

  Gail Carriger

  Mustache, Curiosity, Vampire

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• You look at William Powell in 'My Man Godfrey' and he's a butler in that and he's very dapper. He's a very refined gentleman. I liked playing around with that, with the good posture and a style, a panache, and a way of moving about the room.

  Evan Peters

  Moving, Men, Style

  Source: collider.com

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• This dapper little mouse that wore such cute clothes and said such interesting things, yeah. I thought it was a great idea to have a mouse like that in your family, so now I get to see what it was like.

  Geena Davis

  Cute, Clothes, Ideas

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• I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.

  David Millar

  Thinking, Cycling, Back In The Day

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