Worn Quotes

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

Something dies in us every time we change. To make space for the true, familiar well-worn habits must give way.

A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.

I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time.

At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items.

Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.

I'm a really sensitive person. I cry if I miss a cab. I've always worn my emotions on my sleeve. I think it makes life so much better when you can talk about anything.

Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!

It'd be nice to have a new name, to start with, one that's not all worn out from being called so much.

My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.

White pants should be worn on two occasions: One, never. And two, if you're selling ice cream.

And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered.

Forget trendy designer labels. Jeans, a sweater or a t-shirt worn under a jacket that seems welded to you. When it's just right, when you don't see the effort, it's irresistible.

I thought everyone must know that a short jacket is always worn with a silk hat at a private view in the morning.

Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me.

Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a film. I think museum exhibitions are very important

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.

The Revolution has grown cold; all its principles are weakened; there remains only red caps worn by intriguers. The exercise of terror has made crime blasé, as strong liquors made the palace blasé.

Success is a worn down pencil.

If I have an hour in a city, I go to vintage stores first because it's so much cooler to find a piece that is unique. I love the thought of some girl having worn it before and living her life in it.

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.

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new.

When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats andclothes you have worn out.

I've always worn a hat when I work. I think it also comes from a picture of Rothko I saw with a painter's hat on.

What had happened to our love? Somehow it had faded, or worn out, or simply withered away.

I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.

... and she had worn bitterness as though it were a crown.

How you die out in me: down to the last worn-out knot of breath you're there, with a splinter of life.

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.

I am worn to a raveling.

There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full.

I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us.

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

It's so tiring. Even though I've worn heels and performed the choreography for four years now, I'm still not used to it. When will I be used to it? In 10 years? In 20 years?

This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out.

Old women even forget how to love their sons. The heart gets worn out, Monsieur.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Fatigue is your friend. Through exhaustion and through people just being so depleted, the stuff around the nerve endings gets worn away and other things begin to emerge and you take way bigger risks.

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.

Peering, I heard the hooves come down the hill. The posse passed, twelve horse; the leader's face Was worn as limestone on an ancient sill.

In this manner, I continued with Satan for ten days. His answer and blasphemy were too shocking to pen; till I was worn out with rage and malice against him, I could not bear myself.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart.

The greatest part of mankind ... are given up to labor, and enslaved to the necessity of their mean condition; whose lives are worn out only in the provisions for living.

I consider all of my pieces to be investment pieces. A dress shouldn't be worn for one season - you should be able to wear it year after year.

Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.