Clothing Quotes (209 Quotes)


    The desert could not be claimed or owned - it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names before Canterbury existed, long before battles and treaties quilted Europe and the East ... All of us, even those with European homes and children in the distance, wished to remove the clothing of our countries. It was a place of faith. We disappeared into landscape.



    He glanced down at the blood-smeared cut on his side...and realized he wasn't wearing any clothing. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't realized it already. Kind of obvious. It wasn't like he'd been going to take time out to find his clothing before stopping Liam.

    She had been born to cradle other people's children, wear their hand-me-down clothing, eat their leftovers, live on borrowed happiness and grief, grow old beneath other people's roofs, die one day in her miserable little room in the far courtyard in a bed that did not belong to her, and be buried in a common grave in the public cemetery.


    Mortal beauty often makes me ache, and mortal grandeur can fill me with that longing...but Paris, Paris drew me close to her heart, so I forgot myself entirely. Forgot the damned and questing preternatural thing that doted on mortal skin and mortal clothing. Paris overwhelmed, and lightened and rewarded more richly than any promise.



    Every gang member that I have worked with is enamored by the hip-hop culture and the lifestyles of this genre's rich and famous. It is common for youths to emulate these rap artists by wearing similar gangster-type clothing. This alone is not concerning. The concern evolves when the behavior and attitude begin to go as south as the pants. Certain rap artists tout their criminal history, gang affiliation and their fortune of surviving gun battles. It becomes a concern, when dealing with a very troubled individual that is consumed by the gang mentality.

    I had situations where they were bringing, you know, I started asking what's on the truck before you bring it here. Because if it's clothing, we can't use that. We have too much clothes already people are not using.

    Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

    When the child is twelve, your wife buys her a splendidly silly article of clothing called a training bra. To train what I never had a training jock. And believe me, when I played football, I could have used a training jock more than any twelve-year-old needs a training bra.

    America is becoming more and more dependent upon imports from foreign manufacturers than we are exports from our country in all fields: in appliances, in clothing, even food. This year America may become for the first time in its history a net food importer.

    These funds may be awarded to applicants of U. S. military families who are in need of assistance with housing, utilities, medical expenses, groceries, clothing, school supplies and other expenses deemed necessary in order to provide them with some support and alleviate their need,

    I took the initiative to organize the students so that they could execute a clothing drive to help children in need and to promote the entire school. And to apply the learning of Spanish to the real world and make it more effective for them.

    There's still a lot of new distribution opportunities, a lot of additional impact he can have. People who don't play golf are starting to buy golf clothing, partly because of Tiger. He's what we call a good hanger -- the clothes look good on him.



    I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.




    I was strip searched against a wall in front of everyone. All the inmates were watching me. They took my shoes, my clothing. They threw it very far away. They threw it down the hallway. They told me to chase after it. Squatting like a dog.

    Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.


    Kate Bostock, head of clothing deserves huge credit for what she's done in producing better and better ranges. As marketing director I am just the conductor, if you like. I am given the baton and have to make the whole thing come together.

    They take off our hair, haircut, the clothing away, had a shower, cold, and they hit us, ... My first impression was, that's ... (what) hell would look like.


    It helps teens express their personality, ... Their choices show certain style interests and lifestyle interests. For example, if they have an athletic background, it's expressed not only in their athletic clothing, but in their street wear.

    If you wear a FEMA shirt into the office, when you leave work have a change of clothing in your car so when you go into a restaurant you're not wearing FEMA clothing. FPS gave us guidelines, certainly not to make us worry, but to be more aware of our situation.

    GRACES, n. Three beautiful goddesses, Aglaia, Thalia and Euphrosyne, who attended upon Venus, serving without salary. They were at no expense for board and clothing, for they ate nothing to speak of and dressed according to the weather, wearing whatever breeze happened to be blowing.

    I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around?

    The guy was riding on the side of the road, and there was not a lot of room there, and the bus driver didn't see him and just hit him. It was dark and I would've thought he might have seen him. I'm not sure what it was he was concentrating on, but I don't think the cyclist was wearing any reflective clothing.

    Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.



    The posters are nothing more than advertising, and advertising relies on the popular culture. In this case, it was guns, women, wild clothing, crazy fashion, crazy hair.

    It's mainly me getting out there as a head coach promoting Southeast Missouri and wearing Southeast Missouri clothing, and prospects seeing me as a head coach wearing Southeast Missouri.



    That means everything you can stuff in a brown grocery bag for 5. If you're a good packer, you could do very well. You could get hundreds of dollars worth of clothing for 5.

    This week really marks the first days of summer, especially in the eastern part of the country. People will be more tempted to buy those products, and also summer clothing. The hot weather is definitely a good thing for us.



    A lot of times those chiefs are people's impressions of what our culture looks like. They are looking for a glimpse into Cherokee culture ... I would like for the chiefs to be ambassadors and represent our culture better, with historical Cherokee clothing.


    I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.

    The volume of goods passing across high-street tills fell 1 per cent compared with a year ago, based on the same area of selling space. The British Retail Consortium said it was the eighth consecutive monthly fall and was driven by sharp declines in clothing and footwear and food sales. The underlying position is weak, ... Retailers margins are already being squeezed by rising labour, property and energy costs.

    One of the most important services provided by our website is to find a business feature. From this site you can just type in a one word description, such as restaurant or clothing, and you will be given a list of every business in Southlake that fits that criteria. It's a great tool for newcomers and current residents because new businesses open everyday and it is hard to keep up with them unless you have a database like this to search.

    The community would come by and give us clothes for the women. We were getting such a large amount of clothing donations we just couldn't hold all of it - we had no storage space.



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