Quote by Virginia Woolf
There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us

There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they would mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking. – Virginia Woolf

Other quotes by Virginia Woolf

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. – Virginia Woolf

Category:
Happiness
Read Quote

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say. – Virginia Woolf

Category:
Truth
Read Quote

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them. – Virginia Woolf

Category:
Money
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Clothing
category

A part of this strangeness of dress is that it links the biological body to the social being, and public to private. – Elizabeth Wilson

Category:
Clothing

Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat. – Sydney J. Harris

Category:
Clothing

Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power by getting us to adopt the most atrocious things for its sake alone. – Georg Simmel

Category:
Clothing

There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress. – Joseph Addison

Category:
Clothing

Random Quotes

The technology is good and its bad. You know what youre dealing with out there musically, but my head stops at this electronic stuff. I dont quite know what Im dealing with out there yet. – Paul Anka

Category:
Technology

Youre not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cant face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it. – Malcom X

Category:
Patriotism

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity. – Andrew Cohen

Category:
Experience

At home were the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends. – Knute Rockne

Category:
Home