“The figures... are not supposed to reveal anything... It's like seeing a stranger in some place like an air terminal for the first time. You look at him, you notice his shoes, his suit, the pin in his lapel, but you don't have any particular feeling about him.” FirstsLooksFeelingsHumanitySeeingAirFiguresParticularFirst TimeShoesStrangerSuitsPinsTerminal Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.” YearsTwoForceAirShoesEightFlewAeroplanesAir Force Author:Al Gore
“He walked out of the hospital into the sun, into open air for the first time in months, out of the green-lit rooms that lay like glass in his mind. He stood there breathing everything in, the hurry of everyone. First, he thought, I need shoes with rubber on the bottom. I need gelato.” NeedsMindFirstsRoomsSunAirFoodMonthsFirst TimeGreenCookingLaysBottomShoesGlassesBreathingCulinaryHospitalsLitRubberGelato Book:The English Patient Source: The English Patient
“Did you hear about this genius that got on a plane and set fire to his feet? Turns out he had bombs in his shoes and the problem all started when the flight attendants asked him nicely to extinguish his feet. He was wearing exploding sneakers. The new Nike Air-Jihads!” ProblemTurnsFireAirFeetGeniusShoesFlightPlanesBombsJihadExplodingSneakersNikeFlight Attendant Author:David Letterman
“Nike actually has a pair of shoes called Air-Turbulence. Try getting past airline security wearing those. Might as well call them Air-Osama.” TryingWellsMightPastAirSecurityShoesPairsAirlinePair Of ShoesTurbulenceNikeAirline Security Author:Jay Leno
“Modeling is a very hard job. I know that sounds like a really shallow thing to say, but you have people pulling on your hair all day, telling you what to do, fitting you, telling you to bend over, hitting you, taking your shoes off, throwing you up against a wall - it's a lot. You have to really be able to handle yourself and bring something. It's not just enough to have a cute body and jump up in the air and go, "wow!"” PeopleKnowsHardEnoughBodyAbleJobsSoundAirHairWallShoesHandleCuteThrowingWowHittingPullingShallowModelingFittingUp In The Air Author:Kelly Cutrone
“When we were growing up we only got two pairs of shoes every year. With me, I was lucky because I got three pairs of shoes, the third were basketball shoes: Black Air Force Ones, White Air Force Ones, and boots for the winter.” YearsTwoThreeForceBlackWhiteGrowing UpGrowingAirLuckyBasketballThirdsWinterShoesPairsBootsAir ForcePair Of Shoes Author:Iman Shumpert