Trousers Quotes

• You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.

  Chris Martin

  Stars, Rocks, Rock Star

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• A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.

  Yohji Yamamoto

  Beautiful, Cutting, Gowns

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• The existence of trousers proves that God meant us to be bipeds.

  David C.H. Austin

  Science, Evolution, Existence

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• I had my trousers on at all times.

  Anthony Head

  All Time

  Toronto Trek, July 12, 2003.

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• I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

  T. S. Eliot

  Age, Aging, Grows

  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 120 (1917)

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• a most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Excellent

  Charles Dickens (2016). “British Classics: Great Expectations”, p.318, The Planet

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• The first sign of extravagance is to buy trousers that one does not need.

  George Ade

  Doe, Needs, Extravagance

  George Ade (1904). “True bills”

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• Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Men, Long, Morality

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook B 12, 1799.

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• I am a cloud - in trousers.

  George Balanchine

  Dance, Clouds, Ballet

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• There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Matter, Jeeves, Moments

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “Wonderful Wodehouse 2: A Collection: Thank You Jeeves, Right Ho Jeeves, The Code of the Woosters”, p.784, Random House

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• I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn’t find any.

  Tommy Cooper

  Funny, Humor, Camouflage

  "Tommy Cooper: the best quotes" by Michael Hogan, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2014.

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• Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.

  Clive James

  Men, Fire, Sound

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• I hate wearing trousers and shoes. I wear jeans and sneakers most of the time.

  Mark Webber

  Hate, Jeans, Sneakers

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• Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Time, Library, Principles

  "'Gedanken, Satiren, Fragmente' ('Thoughts, Satires, Fragments')". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1907.

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• I am much inclined to live from my rucksack, and let my trousers fray as they like.

  Hermann Hesse

  Travel, Fray

  Hermann Hesse (1980). “Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays”

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• I never weigh myself. But if I put my trousers on and they don't do up, then I don't eat until I can.

  Charlie Watts

  Ifs, I Can

  "Charlie Watts's Guide to Dressing Like a Gentleman". Interview with Mary Kaye Schilling, www.gq.com. June 29, 2012.

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• Whenever I've worn trousers or a suit, it always makes me feel sexy but effortless and confident.

  Sophie Cookson

  Sexy, Suits, Worn

  Source: wwd.com

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• Shall I part my hair behind Do I dare to eat a peach I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

  T. S. Eliot

  Beach, Thinking, Hair

  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 122 (1917)

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• Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

  T. S. Eliot

  Hair, Flannels, Peaches

  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 122 (1917)

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• I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

  T. S. Eliot

  Loneliness, Thinking, Poetry

  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 122 (1917)

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• The only man who really needs a tail coat is a man with a hole in his trousers.

  John Taylor

  Men, Needs, Tails

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• So, we get into the first piece. Then, layer, layer, layer, do all of this. Then we jump into the trousers. Then I'm zip-tied in to this bottom piece and glued into the feet. So you can't get out. There is a zipper...somewhere. But it'll cost you money to find out where. And to actually make it functional, it's pretty ridiculous. So, I plan ahead.

  Colm Feore

  Feet, Zippers, Firsts

  Source: collider.com

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• I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.

  Rod Stewart

  Careers, Knowing, Secret

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• One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Inspirational, Success, Truth

  "Enemy of the People". Play by Henrik Ibsen, 1883.

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• Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Drinking, Reading, Wine

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008). “Infidel”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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