Footwear » Quotes

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter!
--Song of Solomon

By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last,
by the altitude of a chopine.
--Hamlet

Be it resolved that all women, of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree; whether virgin maids or widows; that shall after the passing of this Act, impose upon and betray into matrimony any of His Majesty's male subjects, by scents, paints, cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, high-heeled shoes, or bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of the laws now in force against witchcraft, sorcery, and such like misdemeanours, and that the marriage, upon conviction, shall stand null and void.
--Act of British Parliament, 1670

My platform shoes from "Saturday Night Fever" are in my closet. I don't wear them, but once in a while I peek at them.
--John Travolta on the fate of movie props

Footwear tells the whole human story. It's all there, from the animal hides that prehistoric cave dwellers wrapped around their feet to the high-tech boots worn by astronauts.
--Sonja Bata, footwear collector

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.
--Sue Grafton

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
--Imelda Marcos, 1987

Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.
--David Bowie