Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

Charles Dickens

Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation.

Charles Caleb Colton

Fashions smile has given wit to dullness and grace to deformity, and has brought everything into vogue, by turns, but virtue.

Charles Caleb Colton

Fashion ... has brought every thing into vogue, by turns.

Charles Caleb Colton

Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come.

Charles Caleb Colton

Fashion is the veriest goddess of semblance and of shade; to be happy is of far less consequence to her worshippers than to appear so; even pleasure itself they sacrifice to parade, and enjoyment to ostentation.

Charles Caleb Colton

A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.

Charles Caleb Colton

Custom is the law of one description of fools, and fashion of another; but the two parties often clash--for precedent is the legislator of the first, and novelty of the last. Custom, therefore, looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present.

Charles Caleb Colton

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.

Cesar Pelli

There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.

Charlotte Bronte

...it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of departure; and it is like looking on the necessity of death.

Benjamin Disraeli

Departure should be sudden.

Ron Edwards

There are too many homicides that go unsolved, and far too many of them in these neighborhoods. Something needs to be done about it. Unfortunately, with the departure of the chief, who knows what's going to happen.

Keith Schwer

Since month-to-month variation is anticipated, the most recent information suggests only a modest departure from the strong upward trend.

Coco Chanel

Perfume heralds a woman’s arrival and prolongs her departure.

Kimi Raikkonen

From having spoken to the team, we don't expect Adrian's departure to have an effect on our future world championship campaigns,

Emme Kozloff

Kevin Turner was seen as an up-and-comer within senior management ranks, so the departure does result in a loss of talent.

Marty Natalegawa

Our priority now is to determine their whereabouts and to facilitate their immediate departure from Iraq.

Li Rongmei

We have to go through all the Customs procedures and paperwork so it is not easy to import one.

Agnes Repplier

The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.

Robert Pastor

There is no question that over the last 10 years there has been enormous progress and transparency as it relates to customs in Mexico. Whether there is total transparency, I don't know.

Samuel Freeman Miller

History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the sound construction of the law, have come to overload and pervert it, as commentators on the text of Holy Scripture have established doctrines wholly at variance with its true spirit.

Paul Light

I think the 20,000 employees of immigration and customs enforcement have got to be scratching their heads, and saying, am I going to take orders from this particular person who has never held a gun in her hand?

Viktor Khristenko

Launching the Customs Union to the full will take at least two or three years.

Chelsea Levine

I have always wanted to experience living in another country. I want to learn their customs and the way they do things.

David Liss

I am saying that while popular culture usually portrays practitioners of magic as separate from ordinary people, often biologically different, many people have habits or customs or superstitions that show magic was once a whole lot more democratic.

Lynn Flewelling

The real world is the fantasy writer's scrapbook. Real history, real geography, real customs and religions are all invaluable sources of guidance and inspiration.