Shoe Quotations

My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he'd have been pleased if I'd made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education.

I would love to design my own shoe line. Women suffer too much in heels. I want to design a line of sexy platform heels that don't hurt.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

I worked in the family business, which was my father's shoe making company that he had inherited from his father, and that led me to become interested in what could be achieved by a great Italian brand. That became my ambition as a young man.

Wearing a great shoe is essential for me.

Christian Louboutin - his shoes are classic and can be worn for any occasion. I love the feel of Prada shoes and the comfort of Fendi. I like Miu Miu and Nicholas Kirkwood. A shoe can decide how stylish you are.

Shopping is a lot of fun, but I hate trying on clothes because I think I've done too many costume fittings and trials. I hate trying on clothes. Shoes I love. I mean, I love shoes. Anywhere, any place, any time, you take me to a shoe store.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.

Today's average American is more apt to rebel against a tennis shoe not coming in the right color than against the slow erosion of our democratic freedom.

My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.

I wouldn't call the shoe closet Rose's guilty secret, because it makes her feel better about herself. But it's thousands and thousands of dollars worth of shoes, and she has nowhere to wear them.

When the guild was first founded, it was more social in a way, although they did things on a big scale to make money. One thing they did: They wrote to movie stars and had on the stage an auction. Like a scarf from somebody and a shoe from somebody else.

Maybe the shoe store is going to be hurt, but that's business.

Nobody we've seen in the last 10 years has fallen as hard and tried to come back at this level. It makes sense to come back with a product that focuses on the court, where his performance message counts most. The core target audience here may be urban youth, but his image is still relevant, for example, to the mother of the shoe buyer, or anyone who holds the purse strings. Perception is what drives the market.

Now the shoe is on the other foot, I am asking the questions.

Since then, a massive Chinese missile and military build-up across the Taiwan Straits has served as a constant threat, ... Waiting for the next shoe to fall would be a very costly mistake.

Most of the time it's not a visible wear. That usually means that the cushioning properties of the shoe have broken down.

Senator Biden told Justice Ginsburg when she was up there that she should not answer questions that she thought might compromise her in that way. So the shoe is on the other foot now. That's a part of the process; we're going through it. But all is well,

She's a typical girl. She loves shoes. She loves going shoe shopping, right in mom's closet.

When they start talking about somebody's beard, that's when it gets a little ridiculous. Come on. This is football. If I wore a green shoe and a blue shoe it doesn't make a difference in a game. The beard doesn't make a difference. But that's the scrutiny we live under, that I live under.

When they told me the shoe was in the stores, I was very excited.

I have lots of images of my father. One of them is cooking a tin of ravioli in the boat hut when we'd been fishing. I don't know why. And also, he did a fantastic soft shoe shuffle, which he would do in front of the fridge when the day's work was finished. He was very dapper, very smart, always very well turned out. And seriously funny.

I would say up until the recent few weeks, it looked like CSX might be doing a better job, now the shoe may be on the other foot, ... I'd be more worried about CSX going forward than Norfolk Southern.

Four or five years ago, the U.S. was very much in the mode of urging other countries to abide by decisions, but the shoe is on the other foot now. The U.S. is on the defensive on a number of these cases.

From everything I can read about Aussie spiders, it seems like all they really like doing is hiding in your house or garden or car until you 'accidentally' disturb them - probably by doing something crazy like putting on the shoe they are lurking in - and they can officially bite you to pieces.

I feel fine. I probably would have stayed in the game, but I couldn't get my shoe back on. I got hit pretty hard on the play and I didn't want to come out.

I am excited to extend my partnership with one of the premier shoe and apparel companies in the world. Converse represents tradition, a passion for sports and has a vision to revolutionize the industry.

IBM will be the other shoe to drop this week. If we have two good numbers out of these companies, you could start seeing some substantial gains in the sector.

Certainly buying a high price athletic shoe is not necessarily a consumer staple.

China has a competitive edge in the labor-intensive shoe manufacturing industry. They have ignored the fact that 98 percent of the shoemakers in China are privately owned.

China, with its low cost of labor, has a comparative advantage in shoe manufacturing.

We are extremely pleased to be working with AND 1 on an exclusive shoe supported by a national ad campaign. Exclusivity, along with the added value of a gift with purchase, continues to help Finish Line differentiate itself in the mall as well as bring additional shoppers into our stores.

What I like about this team is that they're playing up. They're not playing scared, like they're waiting for the other shoe to drop. When they were 15-1 (last season), I got the feeling that they were waiting for it to end. They didn't know how long they could maintain it.

We are gearing up getting ready for the second shoe to drop.

I am indifferent if my spinach is leaf or creamed; if I work to fatiguing point or spend days doing nothing; if I smoke fifty cigarettes a day or none at all; if it rains or shines; if the dentist hurts, or the shoe pinches, or I secure a bargain.

Had it not been for Big and Rich calling me and wanting me to come out there, I'd still be in Texas, probably still working at the shoe store I was working in.

For men, it's about finding the perfect shoe or the perfect pants that will last you through the years. That's how I want to shop: sustainable, classic, great quality.

Hopefully, they're in a paper bag or a shoe box somewhere. But if you don't have the actual receipts, payments will be noted on your bank statements. Most banks print out copies of the checks you've written during the year.

I feel like I don't want to be a body out there, being used to help the guys practice. At the end of the day, politics plays a lot into it and if you look at the guys on the roster, some of those guys have got big contracts with shoe deals, commercials and everything. I feel like I've been an underground player my whole career and that would be a factor when it comes down to cutting people.

He'll get a lot of respect as a coach because he'll burn your shoe off if you don't do what he says, He's going to be a great coach because he's a fun and likable guy.

I was changing my clothes. Then the referee came and started getting on me about changing my clothes, so that was fun. You know, asked him if he wanted to tie one shoe for me, and I could tie the other one, we could just save time. I guess that wasn't a good idea. But, no, I mean, I was just changing my clothes. I told the chair umpire I was going to.

I said the horse. He's got a metal shoe on, doesn't he?

Sure, Tod's makes shoes and bags. But we make them using leather, which is a living substance to me. And behind each shoe and bag, which in itself may be attractive and useful and comfortable to carry and wear, there is this Italian spirit, this Italian dream.

People need to go to a professional shoe store, and they don't like to hear that because they know it will be expensive. But these are your feet, and having the proper shoes can save you from a lot of toe and back problems in the future.

Kyle's, for instance, would've happened in a swimming pool. The way that thing got pinned and turned had nothing to do with the turf whatsoever, ... What we're examining very closely, quite frankly, are the shoes. The players all want, just like the padding, as little a shoe, as light a shoe, as fast a shoe as they can get. But the shoe also is a very strong support mechanism for the foot.

Just because the shoe fits doesn't mean you have to keep wearing it.

My mom is an art teacher and my dad owns a women's shoe store, so they're not actors by any means. Well, I guess to sell women's shoes, you have to be an actor.

I'm serious. If you have taught a child to tie his shoe you have the basic tools you need.

I'm still waiting for that part. When I commit, I'm going to throw them all away. My mom asked why I haven't thrown them away now. I got six shoe boxes that are size 12, full of letters.

I think there is another shoe to drop here.

I think over the past four years, I have changed as a person - because my focus is not on the medal. None of the medals I have at home, I even know where they are - they're in shoe boxes and random places.

It felt like a playoff game out there. I thought we played well in the first two periods, then made one or two mistakes. The shoe could've been on the other foot and the guys have nothing to be ashamed of. We learned a lot from this one.

I think Wall Street's fairly optimistic, ... I think they're standing on the sidelines waiting for that last shoe to drop right now.

I think Wall Street's fairly optimistic. I think they're standing on the sidelines waiting for that last shoe to drop right now.

It can be tough to stay motivated to run and train. So when I have a comfortable shoe where I can feel cushion and I can feel like I'm walking on air, then there's so much more enjoyment in my training. The Air Max 360 does that for me.

I think it's dangerous to see (Duke) as an isolated incident. This is a really good opportunity for us to look at the culture of men's sports and ask ourselves, 'If the shoe fits, wear it.' I think it's a systemic problem.

It certainly increases the risk that the second shoe is going to drop. This bridge is not going to hold and the risks have increased dramatically.

We were kind of cruising with everybody healthy, waiting for the other shoe to drop. We lost a few in the game and we lost a few in practice on Monday. Being a small school, we don't have the numbers to fill those gaps.

I was bicycling around Key West during a vacation and this guy caught my attention. He's a real shoe cobbler and his name is Fuzzy.

The accusation from Europe is completely groundless. Shoe dumping from China to Europe does not exist.

Mostly it was about the success of the shoe: Does the shoe come back? I had to look at it without that scene,

Most men have begun to understand what it takes to build a shoe wardrobe, just as they knew what it took to build a wardrobe of suits or sport coats.

You'll all recall that there was the arrest of the shoe bomber Richard Reid in December of 2001, and he was instructing the cell leader on the use of the same technique.

When Steve Jobs says, 'One More Thing,' a catchphrase almost as familiar as the turtleneck and jeans, that's usually when the other shoe drops, when the bombshell hits. People are parsing the invitation the same way they're searching 'Lost' for new meanings and nuance.

We are the great grass roots campaign of the modern era, built from mouse pads, shoe leather and hope, ... And like the founders of our republic, we seek change.

What we need is 10 per cent cash incentive for finished leather manufacturers and duty free import of shoe accessories.

We are happy that the first shoe dropped and we made the cut. But we now just have to wait for the next shoe to drop, naming us as the winner.

Well, judges take offense to that if they're called an activist judge. But the fact of the matter is if the shoe fits, you've got to put it on. There are judges that do that.

We were trying to find a new shoe place and we were calling all these places. They told us they were going to call us and we never got a phone call back. There was always some problem that kept getting in the way.

When I was a rookie, the NYSE was somewhat of a white shoe club.

I've never had a player have an injury like that. Usually it's a matter of tightening up a shoe and gutting it out. We lost Kevin for seven games and he's still not 100 percent.

You can't complain about being labeled angry if you make angry comments. If the shoe fits, wear it.

I started collecting baseball cards and basketball cards when I was younger. I have a CD collection that turned into a DVD collection, and I have a Jordan shoe collection. And I don't drink, but I have a wine collection. I just started a sweatshirt collection. Every city that I'm in, I buy a sweatshirt. It's just something that I do.

The shoe is on the other foot. There is nothing to go after in Europe now.

The stock is really hard to call right now because it's still expensive. To get excited about it you've got to believe that there is another shoe to drop for one of the big drugs.

The Scanlon thing, the Cunningham thing, I think you have more people waiting for the other shoe to drop.

You have to be careful what you do because the shoe may be on the other foot someday.

You expect somebody to come pick you up and then they call and say, well, they're having second thoughts. That's what a person in that situation would probably think. He's just waiting for the next shoe to fall. But we're going to go get him.

We went out with a call and said that we'd be cautious about buying the stock in the low 30s, because there's another shoe to drop. And in fact, that shoe dropped last night. We now view the story as being relatively clean. And I think they now have a base upon which they can build for the long-term. It's important to understand that the opportunity set for Dell longer term really has not changed very much.

People are waiting for the shoe to drop. Which shoe it is doesn't matter. They just want it to be done.

I've always wanted a national title. I've got a lot of silvers in shoe boxes and storage units all over the place. I think the gold one will have a special place.

You would get your a*s kicked... I would have to take off my shoe and beat you down, brother!

You wouldn't dream in a million years that something you have on a shoe and walk around with can come off.

That underscores the possibility of yet another shoe to fall in world growth -- all the more reason to stress the protracted nature of this global downturn.

Some people think a shoe has to be skin tight to fit, which is not the case. Some people want me to stretch their shoe up another shoe size, but that's something I can't do.

Flat, rubber soles, soft materials, open toe. We did a wedge shoe -- not too high, four centimeters, and it comes in an open toe or mule or a closed pump. It's very comfortable and looks a bit like a nurse's shoe.

There's somebody I'm friendly with in the shoe repair business in New York, and he's at retirement age. He told me he only has two pairs of shoes to work on a day, but he's never upgraded or modernized his equipment.

Everything was really thought about from the shoe up to the hair -- sort of like head-to-toe, we are going into the next century,

There's nervousness and people waiting maybe for another shoe to drop. It's not going according to (plan), most people had expected the market to be a little better. They expected a Santa Claus rally which was very muted this past year.

why does a 67-year-old guy who got his start running an athletic shoe company think he can enter a field famous for gobbling up fortunes?

This time the shoe was on the other foot.

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.

The one thing I love about my signature performance shoe is that it's great on the court, but it also looks good with a pair of jeans.

The one thing my mom will let me get is a nice shoe sometimes.

Addressing a community like Geneva, we couldn't come in with a 90 percent work shoe line.

This isn't a fashion movie where we were trying to show every fabulous shoe in the world. It's a story about two women who happen to be sisters.

I've got a size shoe bigger on my left foot than the right. I've got a 16 on the left, and a 15 on the right.

I knew right then that he was a nice guy, just by the way he said that. He took his shoe off and took his money out.

In a sense, the shoe has come to represent the dedication, determination and dream of all those who wanted, in the words of my brother, the hurting to stop.