Heels Quotes - Page 15

• A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

  Joanna Baillie

  Heart, High Heels, Add

  Joanna Baillie (1800). “A series of plays, in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind [by J. Baillie”, p.355

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• I very much related to the idea of sexual identity and how it doesn't have to be black and white. When I first came out, there would be butch people in baseball caps, and that wasn't me, and then there were girls in heels and dresses, and that didn't feel like that was me either. But after a while I learned there's a lot of ground in between.

  Dee Rees

  Girl, Baseball, Black And White

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• There is no thing that with a twist of the imagination cannot be something else. Porpoises risen in a green sea, the wind at nightfall bending the rose- red grasses and you- in your apron hurrying to catch- say it seems to you to be your son. How ridiculous! You will pass up into a cloud and look back at me, not count the scribbling foolish that put wings at your heels, at your knees.

  William Carlos Williams

  Son, Clouds, Wind

  William Carlos Williams, “Kora In Hell: Improvisations XXVII”

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  After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

  Ann Richards

  Inspirational, Dance, Women

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 19 July 1988, Atlanta GA

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• I'm not really a girlie. I can be once in a while, but then I tend to fall off the heels.

  Rhona Mitra

  Fall, High Heels, I Can

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• I'm probably going to deliver my baby in these [4-inch YSL heels] ... I went to the doctor yesterday and he said, 'You're gonna need to get out of those heels!'

  Jessica Simpson

  Baby, Pregnancy, Ysl

  "Jessica Simpson: I’ll Give Birth In 4-Inch Heels!" By Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2011.

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• I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!

  Ginger Rogers

  Inspirational, Dance, Men

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• Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.

  Minna Antrim

  Wall, High Heels, Bark

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• Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Lying, Stupid

  Alexander Pope (1815). “Poetical works”, p.247

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• The Organization of American States couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Stupid, Organization, Boots

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• Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.

  Homer

  Beer, Weakness, Achilles

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• Footnotes -- little dogs yapping at the heels of the text

  William James

  Dog, Writing, Littles

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• Achilles only had an Achilles heel, I have an entire Achilles body.

  Woody Allen

  Body, Achilles, Achilles Heel

  Mighty Aphrodite, www.imdb.com. 1995.

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• The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  High Heels, Tiptoes, Idealism

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• Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

  Alan Moore

  Firsts, Chaos, Authority

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• I'm a big fan of glamour. It's something I don't think there's enough of in Hollywood anymore. I enjoy putting on a sexy dress and heels. I want to work it.

  Ali Larter

  Sexy, Thinking, Dresses

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• I don't normally do shoots in bikinis - I'm just not that kind of girl. But for 'Maxim' I was like, 'Bring it on!' I wanted to wear the higher heels and the skimpier bathing suit. I figured I'd go for it!

  Krysten Ritter

  Girl, Suits, Bikinis

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• ~As a working mother high heels don't really fit into my life anymore - but in a totally wonderful way. I would much rather think about my son than myself.~

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Mom, Mother, Son

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• The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

  Daniel Berrigan

  Peace, Lying, Those Who Lie

  Daniel Berrigan (1996). “Isaiah: Spirit of Courage, Gift of Tears”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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• The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock - full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat - like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I took such months to get.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Girl, Daughter, Father

  Phyllis McGinley (1968). “Wonders and surprises: a collection of poems”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.

  Sue Grafton

  Inspiring, Witty, Girlfriend

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• Well-apparel'd April on the heel
  Of limping Winter treads.

  William Shakespeare

  Spring, Winter, April

  William Shakespeare (1816). “The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.82

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• I like individuality in fashion - it annoys me when celebrities put on a bodycon dress and a pair of high heels and suddenly they are 'style icons.'

  Georgie Henley

  Fashion, High Heels, Icons

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• When crushed to your knees, it is best to dig in your heels.

  Wes Fesler

  Determination, Knees, Crushed

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• Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

  William Lilly

  Inspirational, Motivation, Ambition

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