Best 1022 quotes in «dresses quotes» category

A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.

Among the writers of antiquity there are none who instruct us more openly in the manners of their respective times in which they lived than those who have employed themselves in satire, under whatever dress it may appear.

And dressed her [Madonna] up like a turkey. After I read that stuff, I thought long and hard about what one would do to dress someone up like a turkey. And I nailed it. I figured you've got to get out the Playtex glove, blow it up and put the glove over the head.

And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous.

And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek your fortune from your own efforts.

And then she said nothing else, for Henry put his arms around her and kissed her. Kissed her in such a way that she no longer felt plain, or conscious of her hair or the ink spot on her dress or anything but Henry, whom she had always loved. Tears welled up and spilled down her cheeks, and when he drew away, he touched her wet face wonderingly. "Really," he said. "You love me, too, Lottie?

And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.

And this is what we called our childhoods. Little more than a dress rehearsal for adding our digits to the butcher's bill of war.

And young women, please understand that if you dress immodestly, you are magnifying this problem by becoming pornography to some of the men who see you.

And yet one arrives somehow, finds himself loosening the hooks of her dress in a strange bedroom-- feels the autumn dropping its silk and linen leaves about her ankles. The tawdry veined body emerges twisted upon itself like a winter wind.

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

A new dress. Is this all it takes to make a new beginning, this shred of dyed cloth, shaped into the form of a woman's body?

Anthony: Now lower your dress a little- Roslynn: Anthony! Anthony: This is no time for offended modesty... You're the distraction. Roslynn: Och, well, in that case. Anthony: That's quite low enough, my dear... Roslynn: I was only trying to help, Anthony: Commendable, but we want the chap to ogle you, not bust his breeches.

a pink taffeta evening gown. It looked like it had run away from a junior high prom... The dress looked like a petunia on steroids to me.

A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is, to meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege I think.

As a bounty hunter, I have to dress the part. If I came to the door and looked like Carrot Top, you'd laugh.

A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.

As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.

As a kid, Punky Brewster was my idol. I wanted to dress like her and talk like her.

As for style, there is something about the way musicians dress-they seem to be able to create their own world within their fashion alone.

As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness.

As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to chops and sausages. Quite why they should dress up for children’s wallpaper as well was a mystery. Hello, little folk, this is what you’re going to eat… He felt that if only he could find the key to it, he’d know a lot more about human beings.

As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.

As long as designers want to dress me, photographers want to take my picture and companies think my face will help their products, then I won't go anywhere until they're done with me.

As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime.

As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.

As soon as we are born, if we could but get up, bath, dress, shave, breakfast once for all, if we could 'cut' these monotonous cycles of routine. If the sun rose it would stay up, or once we were alive we were immortal!

A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction.

At the moment we seem to be heading in the opposite direction. However you dress it up, it's pretty obvious who is being affected by the government's cuts.

A well-cut dress is my personal style. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity.

A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.

Australia has a thing where apparently it's fine for me to dress up as an Asian woman. No one has questioned that.

A woman is a dish for the gods, if the devil dress her not.

A woman wearing a revealing dress will always be sexier than a naked woman.

A woman puts on a new dress eyeliner lip gloss to please others. A woman paints her toes to please herself. And if there was one thing I was familiar with it was pleasing...There's no way to finish that sentence without embarrassing myself.

A woman should always dress to be remembered, not simply to be noticed.

A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives.

A woman who has style doesn't necessarily need designers - designer wear. A woman who has style can put on any frock or dress or pant or whatever and still bring something to it.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

Ballyhoo is for your classic girl, who is fun and fearless. This is for the girl who is not afraid to dress fun.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty.

Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to make a point.

Bonhoeffer knew that twisting the Truth to sell it more effectively was inexcusable. For Bonhoeffer the challenge was to present the Truth as purely as possible without attempting to help it along or dress it up.

Big dress, cocktails, party - I love that. It is my work, but my work allow me to have glamour, to wear beautiful and amazing dresses, to go to big ceremonies.

But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress - because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while.

Both my partner and I did not get into cooking so that we could wear ugly chef's coats and stuff. We dress sexy in the kitchen.