Sock Quotes - Page 13

• My voice dropped when I was 14. And when I was 14, I might have weighed 75 pounds. So you can imagine how strange that must have been: like James Earl Jones speaking through a sock puppet.

  Benjamin Percy

  Voice, Puppets, Might

  "The Infectious Benjamin Percy". Interview with Jennifer Sky, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 6, 2013.

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• Mr. Bumpy from Bump in the Night was this funky little guy who lived under the bed and thought eating dust bunnies was a delicacy. He was as cool as he could be, and ate dirty socks.

  Jim Cummings

  Dirty, Night, Dust

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• Young poets are advised by their elders to avoid the practice of journalism as they would wet socks and gin before breakfast.

  Archibald MacLeish

  Practice, Breakfast, Journalism

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• I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks.

  Audrey Tautou

  Summer, Hate, Light

  "Here's looking at you, kid" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2001.

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• Who doesn't love a statement sock? I mean, we won't go in to details, but your underwear has to be bright, too.

  Bubba Watson

  Mean, Details, Underwear

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'.

  Linus Torvalds

  Fashion, White, Design

  Interview with Scott Merrill, techcrunch.com. April 19, 2012.

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• When I first met Lars [Von Trier] he was sat on the sofa wearing socks and sandals. He wanted me to imagine my cat had died. It took me a while to think about it, but then I felt myself physically crumble. I got myself into a state that was actually pretty hard to get out of.

  Mia Goth

  Cat, Thinking, Firsts

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• Yoga class is intimate even just from the standpoint of taking off your socks. Exposing your bare feet can be a big deal. You may be an African American next to a Caucasian or a Latino. But once practice begins and we drop in, separation dissolves.

  James Fox

  Yoga, Practice, Class

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• Oil rich boys . . . had a nice, sweet smile but when you finished meeting with them your socks were missing and you hadn't even noticed they'd taken your boots.

  Larry Hagman

  Sweet, Nice, Taken

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• I remember wanting to write a book with someone, the someone being Kate [DiCamillo], and we decided to write about two friends. We had no idea how to begin this project - neither of us had ever collaborated with another writer - and I'm pretty sure that we began by giving our two friends a sock, just to see what they'd do with it. And it went from there.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Book, Writing, Two Friends

  Source: bookpage.com

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• A great show means we have to connect; we have to prove to [the audience] that we do something great or blow their socks off, but it has to be with them if it's going to be sustained for any length of time.

  Scott Avett

  Mean, Blow, Length

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think just wear whatever makes you feel comfortable. Your feet could get sweaty without socks, if that's what you mean. I personally like to keep socks on even through the summer because it looks cute.

  Eliza Doolittle

  Cute, Summer, Mean

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I was kind of always attracted to red. I used to wear red socks a lot for some crazy reason.

  Sammy Hagar

  Crazy, Red, Kind

  Interview with Steven Hyden, music.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• Obviously, people who commit crimes should be punished. Even people who steal socks and 'Snow White' videos should probably do time if they have priors, especially serious priors. But the punishment has to fit the crime, and the standard has to be the same for everyone.

  Matt Taibbi

  Punishment, White, People

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• I jest, of course; premature ejaculation isn't a laughing matter for anyone, except for your friends when you tell them about it on the phone the next morning. My first marriage ended because the main event was invariably over before my husband got his socks off.

  Julie Burchill

  Morning, Husband, Phones

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• I'm always going to do whatever I think is funniest. If something's dark, I'll do it. If it's a sock puppet, if it's a stool, I'll do it.

  Tig Notaro

  Dark, Thinking, Puppets

  "Tig Notaro: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry". Interview with Sydney Brownstone, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2013.

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• I still have a Lydia Ko-signed golf ball in my sock drawer that I'll keep for a while.

  Stephen Curry

  Golf, Balls, Drawers

  Source: wearegolf.org

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• I don't clean, I don't make the bed. I spend my salary. I worry a lot. I just don't worry about socks on the floor.

  Amanda Peet

  Worry, Bed, Salary

  "Amanda Peet returns to television". Interview, www.cnn.com. March 21, 2012.

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• I am proud of my cake-making image but life is not that perfect. There are socks in my fruit bowl.

  Jane Asher

  Cake, Perfect, Proud

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• Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

  Dorothy Day

  Nice, Writing, Knitting

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• But in my arms she was always Lolita.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Arms

  Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.3, Hamilton Books

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• Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that "Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

  Warren Buffett

  Long Ago, Investing, Buffets

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, 2008.

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