Quotes with worst-dressed

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  • Allan Bloom Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.
    Allan Bloom
    American writer (1930 - 1992)
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  • Abraham Cahan Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
    Abraham Cahan
    Belarusian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician
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  • Thomas Paine Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Carine Roitfeld Sometimes, when you go to airport and look at the people, you see the worst looks - but the worst looks can give you more ideas than the best looks.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Casey Wilson Somewhere along the way, I think I realised that taking yourself seriously is the worst thing that you can do in life, so once I let that go, I've just let it all go. I have no standard of personal dignity.
    Casey Wilson
    American actress, comedian, and screenwriter (1980 - )
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  • Adam Mickiewicz Sound as a burrow'd marmot he slept
    On the straw where he'd tumbled fully-dressed that night.
    Pan Tadeusz
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  • Lord Chesterfield Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Robert Burns Suspense is worst than disappointment.
    Robert Burns
    Scottish Poet (1759 - 1796)
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  • Carolina Herrera Thank God my hair is always the same. And I get dressed very quickly. I am not one of those people who spend three hours getting dressed. I never understood that. What do you do for the two and a half hours after the half hour it takes you to get ready?
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • John Berryman The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.
    John Berryman
    American poet and scholar (1914 - 1972)
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  • William Butler Yeats The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Carolyn Wells The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.
    Carolyn Wells
    American writer and poet (1862 - 1942)
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  • Sir Isaac Newton The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions.
    Sir Isaac Newton
    British scientist, mathematician (1643 - 1727)
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  • David Lloyd George The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them.
    David Lloyd George
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922 (1863 - 1945)
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  • Pearl Bailey The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
    Pearl Bailey
    American actress (1918 - 1990)
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  • Bill Hader The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Oscar Wilde The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
    A Woman of No Importance Act 3
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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