“There's nothing like being in fashion. A man that has once got his character up for a wit is always sure of a laugh, say what he may. He may utter as much nonsense as he pleases, and all will pass current. No one stops to question the coin of a rich man; but a poor devil cannot pass off either a joke or a guinea without its being examined on both sides. Wit and coin are always doubted with a threadbare coat.” MenMayCharacterSidesPoorLaughingRichFashionPleaseJokesDevilCurrentsWitNonsenseCoatsBoth SidesCoinsRich ManDoubtedGuinea Book:The Complete Tales of Washington Irving Source: The Complete Tales of Washington Irving
“ISIS is a formidable foe, but the counter forces to it have only just begun and if these forces, the Iraqi army, the Kurdish Peshmerga, American air power, the Syrian Free Army, work in a coordinated fashion, it will start losing ground. Also, please keep in mind that ISIS does not actually hold as much ground as the many maps flashed on television keep showing. Large parts of those territories that ISIS supposedly controls are vacant desert.” IfsMindDoeForceAirFashionTelevisionPleaseLosingArmyDesertMapsTerritoryFoeIsisFormidableVacantAir PowerKurdish Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful. On the other hand, there are faces which the multitude, at first glance, pronounce homely, unattractive and such as "Nature fashions by the gross," which I always recognize with a warm heart-thrill. Not for the world would I have one feature changed; they please me as they are; they are hallowed by kind memories, and are beautiful through their associations.” WorldFirstsHeartKindHandsBeautifulFacesPassionEvilMemoriesSawsFashionChangedPleaseWarmFeaturesSilverAssociationMultitudesThrillGlancesVeilsGrossHatefulHideousUnattractiveHomelyPlease MeWarm Heart Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“The Girl of the Period, sauntering before one down Broadway, is one panorama of awful surprises from top to toe. Her clothes characterize her. She never characterizes her clothes. She is upholstered, not ornamented. She is bundled, not draped. She is puckered, not folded. She struts, she does not sweep. She has not one of the attributes of nature nor of proper art. She neither soothes the eye like a flower, nor pleases it like a picture. She wearies it like a kaleidoscope. She is a meaningless dazzle of broken effects.” DoeArtEyeGirlEffectsFashionYouthFlowerBrokenPeriodsPleaseClothesSurpriseAwfulAttributesMeaninglessToesBroadwaySaunteringDazzleKaleidoscopePanorama Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
“Surely it is one of the requisites of a tasteful garb that the expression of effort to please shall be wanting in it; that the mysteries of the toilet shall not be suggested by it; that the steps to its completion shall be knocked away like the sculptor's ladder from the statue, and the mental force expended upon it be swept away out of sight like the chips on the studio floor.” ForceEffortStepsMysteryFashionStyleExpressionPleaseSightStudiosChipsLaddersToiletsStatuesCompletionSculptorsSwept Away Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
“Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.” EyeFashionPleaseShapesIntellectProportion Author:Carolina Herrera
“When I think back to my influences and icons musically, they were my icons musically because, for example, I would look at Rakim and be like man he said the freshest things and then I look at him and he would have on the pair of Nikes that I wanted and I'm like, "ma' please!" It was everything. Now, I sort of feel like if you are fresh then your music doesn't have to be that good because people are so keyed into the fashion. That's just the times I guess.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenFeelsLooksSaidWantedInfluenceFashionExamplePleasePairsIconsNike Author:Pusha T