Skirts Quotes - Page 2

• I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.

  Bai Ling

  Beauty, Wise, Crazy

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• Pumps on and them little mini skirts is up. I see some good girls, Imma turn em out.

  Nicki Minaj

  Girl, Ems, Littles

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• I even like when girls wear printed Minnie Mouse T-shirts with a cool ball gown skirt, or a ripped up pair of jeans - it's all about how you style it.

  Christian Siriano

  Girl, Jeans, Style

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Eve took me to teach me how to fence," Claire said. "Not so much how to fence as how to hold a sword and not drop it," Eve said. "And then I fought Oliver to a draw." Shane fluttered his hands. "Oh, and then we were all elected as ice princesses and asked to go to Disneyland!" "Laugh all you want. I'm going to look way better in full skirts than you," Eve said.

  Rachel Caine

  Princess, Ice, Hands

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• Why do women want to dress like men when they're fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in pants and smoking. I'm very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don't want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error.

  Tasha Tudor

  Men, Thinking, Errors

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• Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace.

  Christian Dior

  Light, Jewels, Sweaters

  "Simply brilliant: Cher Dior lights up Paris" by Maria Doulton, The Telegraph, August 16, 2011.

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• I will be a president in a skirt, but I will wear the pants.

  Josefina Vazquez Mota

  President, Pants

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• Both India and Pakistan have a long history of deploying rhetorical strategies to skirt the issue of plebiscite or complete secession of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. When feeling particularly belligerent Pakistan cries itself hoarse declaring the legitimacy of plebiscite held under United Nations auspices in J & K; India responds just as aggressively by demanding the complete withdrawal of Pakistani troops from the territory of pre-partition J & K; or, in a moment of neighborly solicitude, for conversion of the LOC to a permanent International border.

  Nyla Ali Khan

  India And Pakistan, Issues, Rhetorical Strategies

  "The Hidden Tragedy of Kashmir". Interview with Souad Sharabani, www.counterpunch.org. September 15, 2016.

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• I can tell when an actor's forcing tears, and it's tricky because you then have to film it and edit in a certain way to skirt around the issue.

  Drew Barrymore

  Issues, Tears, Actors

  "Best Coast: Our Deal". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 9, 2011.

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• I'm tired of being around men all the time. I'm going to start a band called Skirt with three girls and I'll play the guitar and sing backing vocals in drag. I went window shopping when I was in New York, saw a lot of amazing dresses.

  Brian Molko

  Girl, New York, Tired

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• I need to wear either something really short or a maxi dress; anything in between just looks weird.

  Kim Kardashian

  Dresses, Needs, Looks

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?

  Kristen Bell

  School, Thinking, Phones

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• It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages.

  Florence Kelley

  Struggle, Mean, Forever

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• Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits.

  Pink

  Cute, Awards, Mtv

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• Right now, I'm hankering for new adventures... Ninety percent of the time I'm having romantic-comedy fantasies in which I'm wearing little pencil skirts and hurrying down to the subway.

  Mindy Kaling

  Adventure, Littles, Subway

  "The Funny Side of Love". nymag.com. September 19, 2010.

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• You should always have a pencil skirt. I think knees are the ugliest part of anybody's anatomy, so I'd look for ones that hit at the knee or right below.

  Annabel Tollman

  Thinking, Looks, Knees

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• When a man says he likes a woman in a skirt, I tell him to try one.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Men, Trying, Likes

  1994 WETA TV broadcast, Washington, 27 Jun.

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• One of the big misconceptions about me is that I walk around in mini-skirts and high heels twenty-four seven and go to the gym in heels.

  Carmen Electra

  High Heels, Twenties, Four

  "Carmen Electra's Shy Side". "Parade" Interview, parade.com. August 26, 2008.

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• I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

  Denise Van Outen

  Growing Up, Littles, Violin

  "A blonde has more fun" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2001.

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• It is all very well for so-called sensible people to recommend flat heels and short skirts, but most of us prefer not to be sensible.

  Anna Held

  People, Sensible, Flats

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• The road was frozen. The village lay quiet under the cold sky. Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi. The moon shone like a blade frozen in blue ice.

  Yasunari Kawabata

  Moon, Blue, Ice

  Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “Snow Country”, p.77, Vintage

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• I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt.

  Mariella Frostrup

  Men, Naughty, Forty

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• I just don't understand, if they see numbers [of CEO salaries]that represent people, how they can somehow skirt around that and morally justify taking or ruining those lives and leaving them with nothing. That, to me, is violent crime. It's certainly more violent than selling grams of pot to other adults.

  Eddie Vedder

  Numbers, People, Leaving

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the Barbie doll roles.

  Suzy Amis

  Barbie Dolls, Trying, Roles

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• Redefine what it means to be sexy and what it means to be a woman. Showing my skin is not what makes me sexy. I like skirts and dresses just like everyone else, but I had a message I needed to put out there. It was up to me to show people and young girls there was another way.

  Janelle Monae

  Girl, Sexy, Powerful

  "Janelle Monae For ESSENCE, Talks Body Image, ‘Showing My Skin Is Not What Makes Me Sexy’" By Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2013.

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