Stephen Fry Quotes

There is no right language or wrong language any more than there are right or wrong clothes.

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• Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Men
  • Earth
  • Fashion

• Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.

  

  Nancy Jo Sales
  • Clothes
  • Someone
  • Mask

• I don't spend a lot of money on clothes, which is weird because I am a fashion model, but when it comes to the new collections coming out, I am just praying designers send it to me for free.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Money
  • Fashion
  • Model

• Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Me
  • Look
  • Clothes

• Coffee is a language in itself.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Language
  • Coffee
  • Itself

• Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Way
  • English
  • Language

• When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes.

  

  Calamity Jane
  • Men
  • Home
  • Clothes

• Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Language
  • Story
  • DNA

• I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.

  

  Natasha Bedingfield
  • Time
  • Job
  • Remember

• See, I will always shop, and that's sort of a problem. Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!

  

  Zoe Lister-Jones
  • Problem
  • Will
  • Clothes

• Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.

  

  Hans Kung
  • People
  • God
  • Language

• I've always been attracted to romantic secondhand clothes. But my style developed as I started going to these strange raves where everybody had these very definitive costumes.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Style
  • Romantic
  • Clothes

• I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.

  

  Dana Spiotta
  • Live
  • Today
  • Technology

• I very rarely wear suits, and only make one or two per season, so it's about wanting exceptional clothes that don't feel stiff. Fabric and garment washing are a big part of my design process for that reason. Everything needs to feel lived-in and comfortable.

  

  Yigal Azrouël
  • Design
  • Process
  • Clothes

• It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

  

  Samuel Barnett
  • Learning
  • Language
  • Saying

• I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Myself
  • Like
  • Scary

• Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Book
  • Universe
  • Language

• I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do!

  

  Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Thinking
  • Children
  • Language

• There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Good
  • Heart

• I was so nervous because I was doing my first film. I didn't want to embarrass myself. I'm an incredibly insecure person, and knowing that I had to go on set in next to nothing, it scared me, but at the same time, I knew it would be a challenge to open me up, not only as an actress but as a person.

  

  Tahyna Tozzi
  • Up
  • Time
  • Myself

• The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.

  

  Malcolm de Chazal
  • Walks
  • Heels
  • Idealist

• I live in a bad neighborhood. Why, I saw two complete strangers share a taxi - yeah, one guy took the radio and the other guy took the tires.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Live
  • Why
  • Bad

• I don’t have music, Christ I wish I had music but all I have is words.

  

  Sarah Kane
  • Music
  • Words

• There is no right language or wrong language any more than there are right or wrong clothes.

  

  Stephen Fry
  • Language
  • Clothes