A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
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A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
EDITH HEAD This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a
pitchfork.
JONATHAN SWIFT She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk.
JONATHAN SWIFT It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a...
ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm...
SUPERNA BATHEJA The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her bac...
DALE CARNEGIE The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her bac...
DALE CARNEGIE Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.
MARY QUANT She is an excellent artist. Just about as good as they come. Her work is very realistic and she's a ...
EARL ROGERS Stella is doing great as a designer, and I love her clothes. We went to her first Chloe show in Pari...
LINDA EASTMAN MCCARTNEY Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part...
RAJAT MOHAN A few years ago you couldn't find a star who wasn't baring her navel. One thing that's so interestin...
SALLY SINGER As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film.
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ...
MAUREEN JOHNSON I was the child at school in second-hand or handmade clothes and, as I grew older, I craved material...
ROZ SAVAGE As far as our fans are concerned, I'm the only one who counts; along with my teammates, obviousl...
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi...
DEYTH BANGER The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she co...
AUDREY HEPBURN Only a man who has his health, a full stomach and wears clean clothes would ever entertain the notio...
TAHIR SHAH Earth proudly wears the Parthenon
As best gem upon her zone.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS) I'm a fashion designer, not a shoe designer. I like to design clothes.
DRIES VAN NOTEN He always wears a helmet and wears biking clothes. He takes biking seriously.
DIANE SPAULDING He always wears a helmet and wears biking clothes, ... He takes biking seriously.
GEORGE SPAULDING Earth proudly wears the Parthenon as the best gem upon her zone
RALPH WALDO EMERSON A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.
PATRICK NESS Would you want you as a friend?
PETER STROPLE If a clean heart wears dirty clothes, it will still look clean! If a dirty heart wears clean clothes...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; ...
JUDITH MARTIN Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty da...
WOODY ALLEN The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's bac...
DALE CARNEGIE I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept.
TOMMY HILFIGER I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyac...
EDWARD FITZGERALD I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyac...
EDWARD FITZGERALD I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hya...
EDWARD FITZGERALD Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.
SAMUEL JOHNSON And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS Make no mistake: girls love getting head as much as giving head. Giving head is good for your health...
CHLOE THURLOW In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.
GAYLE GARDNER Elektra is larger than life and wears her sexuality on her sleeve. So I was wearing clothes that wer...
JENNIFER GARNER Heavy is the head that wears the crown
WIILIAM SHAKESPEARE As the architect is the designer of buildings,so is our mind the ultimate designer of life.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in on...
VERA WANG She should tell Canadians her views since anyone who is representing the Queen as head of state shou...
BERNARD LORD She's a woman who probably can afford a little bit better clothes that fit her well and make her fee...
ALICE MARQUARDT As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
ALBERT J. NOCK Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned.
DAVID KOECHNER When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.
VICTOR BORGE When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance
VICTOR BORGE As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of t...
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN A model wears clothes and looks good, which is very passive. It's not like a musician promoting a ne...
PETER ANDRE I don't even know what an 'It' girl is. As far as I'm concerned, an 'It' gir...
SIENNA MILLER The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
GERALDINE FERRARO Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned.
DONALD TRUMP Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Uneasy lies the head that wears a Knighthood
DEAN CAVANAGH Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting c...
CHARLES J. SHIELDS The warranty is only as good as the builder. There are some good builders who stand behind what they...
JANET AHMAD In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
BILLY CONNELLY Aelin was laughing as she cried, and the male was just holding her, his hooded head buried in her ne...
SARAH J. MAAS A good designer is a good researcher
JENNY ROSALES-FERAER You mean old books?"
"Stories written before space travel but about space travel."
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PHILIP K. DICK Edith was at the forefront of the move to modernist design that influenced architecture and furnitur...
BILL STERN As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are ...
COLLEEN ATWOOD I think Edith Evans is the most marvelous actress in the world and she can look beautiful. People wh...
VIVIEN LEIGH He habitually wears an expression as if he had determined to drive his head through a brick wall, an...
T. HARRY WILLIAMS Heavy is the head that wears the crown
William Shakespeare
CHARMAINE J. FORDE As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.
GARRY TRUDEAU As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.
SASHA LANE A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.
JOYCE MEYER Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.
DICK VAN DYKE Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes.
HELENA BONHAM CARTER As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.
JEF RASKIN As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes.
JON BATISTE As far as natural ability, I was always athletic.
TROY BROWN That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Fame was not at all what it was cracked up to be, as far as I was concerned.
DAVE MADDEN As a general thing, when the woman wears the pants in the family, she has a good right to them.
JOSH BILLINGS When she raises her eyelids, it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.
COLETTE As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.
JOSH BILLINGS In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
BILLY CONNELLY But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.
DOUGLAS TRUMBULL Denise is a great designer and she's good with people. All of the girls here get along with her real...
JAN SUMMERFIELD I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.
FRANCISCO COSTA You accept the characters Davis plays because you're not thinking about her [as a star],
LEONARD MALTIN We must strive to let go our life as we planned,so as to have life we are destined for & that comes ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The surrounding nature is the best erudite master to teach us the basics of living.
ANUJ SOMANY Success is not a journey, it's a destination called satisfaction.
ANUJ SOMANY A good designer has technical knowledge - don't treat her like someone who's there to decide...
JEFFREY ZELDMAN As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.
GRAYDON CARTER Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other time...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN My goal is: I'm not trying to be snobby, but my clothes are not for everyone, not for every Holl...
PRABAL GURUNG As far as entertainment, 'The Right Stuff' is a good movie. As far as a documentary of the e...
JOHN GLENN
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EDITH WHARTON Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet...
EDITH WHARTON When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free...
EDITH HAMILTON There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate a...
EDITH HAMILTON None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltatio...
EDITH HAMILTON I am thankful to have had these ten weeks of quiet to get ready. Now I have had them and have been k...
EDITH CAVELL I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever ...
EDITH ARMSTRONG