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81,778. You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins. (Multitude & Clothes) Mae West
5,295. I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. (Working Class & Clothes) Gary Kemp
6,308. I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It’s still my symbol of rebellion – against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas. (Self & Protest & Clothes & Rebellion & Music) Johnny Cash
6,936. You can never be overdressed or overeducated. (Education & Clothes) Oscar Wilde
73,814. It takes forty dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear it. (Cloth & Coat) Slogan & campaign poster 1980s, attributed to David Bailey
21,750. Well I ain’t rich but at least I dress well. (GBH Films & Clothes) Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders 1973 [Kojak pilot episode] starring Telly Savalas & Ned Beatty & Marjoe Gortner & Jose Ferrer & Allen Garfield & Lorraine Gary & Roger Robinson Harrriet Karr et al, director Joseph Sargent, Kojak
21,996. This is a snakeskin jacket. And for me it’s a symbol of my individuality. And my belief in personal freedom. (GBH Films & Clothes) Wild at Heart 1990 starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern & Willem Dafoe & J E Freeman & Crispin Glover & Diane Ladd & Isabella Rossellini & Harry Dean Stanton et al, director David Lynch, him to punk
23,000. Senator, just one more thing – love your suit. (Murder & Clothes & Cannibalism) The Silence of the Lambs 1991 starring Jodie Foster & Anthony Hopkins & Scott Glen & Ted Levine & Anthony Heald & Brooke Smith & Diane Baker & Kasi Lemmons & Frankie Fraison & Tracey Walter et al, director Jonathan Demme, Lecter
23,761. Clothes are important. Make you what you are. (GBH Films & Clothes) The Krays 1990 starring Martin Kemp & Gary Kemp & Billie Whitelaw & Tom Bell & Steven Berkoff & Susan Fleetwood & Charlotte Cornwell & Kate Hardie & Avis Bunnage & Alfred Lynch & Gary Love & Jimmy Jewel et al, director Peter Medak, Ronnie to boys
23,894. Higher Cat: We find clothes to be a distraction from the pursuit of spiritual and intellectual fulfilment.
Cat: Really? I find spiritual and intellectual fulfilment to be a distraction from the pursuit of clothes. (Science Fiction & Clothes) Red Dwarf V: Demons & Angels s5e5, Kryten
24,198. We have heard that you use females – clothed females. (Star Trek & Clothes) Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Battle s1e9, DaiMon Bok the Ferengi on bridge
24,619. I still prefer a Ferengi female who never wears clothes, never talks back and never plays Tongo. (Star Trek & Clothes & Female) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rules of Acquisition s2e7, Rom
24,629. Well look at you – you’re wearing clothes. (Star Trek & Clothes) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rules of Acquisition s2e7, Quark to female Ferengi
24,834. And women wore less. (Star Trek & Clothes) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials And Tribble-ations s5e6 ***** Dax decked in Enterprise garb
24,874. A clothed female – how titillating. (Star Trek & Clothes) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Business As Usual s5e18, Gaila
24,978. Three days ago I added a new amendment to the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities giving females the right to wear clothes. (Star Trek & Clothes) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Profit and Lace s6e23, Grand Nagus Zek to Quark et al
30,154. The demand for cheap and cheerful clothing was on the rise. (Great Britain & England & Clothes) Michael Wood, The Great British Story: A People’s History: The Great Rising 4/8
30,987. Women’s knickers haven’t been invented yet. (England & Women & Clothes) Dr Lucy Worsley, Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls III: Act Three: At Work and at Play
31,003. A beautifully tied cravat was the most important part of the dandy’s uniform. (England & Great Britain & Fashion & Clothes) Dr Lucy Worsley, Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency 1/3
31,077. If the Pimpernel does finally reveal himself I don’t want to be caught out wearing boring trousers. (England & George IV & Clothes) Curtis & Elton, Blackadder III: Nob & Nobility, Prince Regent
31,078. The ancient Greeks, sir, wrote in legend of a terrible container in which all the evils of the world were trapped. How prophetic they were. All they got wrong was the name: they called it Pandora’s Box, when of course they meant Baldrick’s trousers. (England & George IV & Clothes) ibid. Blackadder to Prince Regent, with Baldrick
31,079. I charge you now, Baldrick, for the good of all mankind never allow curiosity to lead you to open your trousers. Nothing of interest lies therein. (England & George IV & Clothes) ibid. Blackadder
32,347. People who walk around with their buttons undone are cads. (George VI & Clothes) Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 starring James Wilby & Juliet Aubrey & Alan Bates & Eileen Atkins & Dolly Wells & William Mickleburgh & Charles Edwards & Alexandra Staden et al, director Giles Foster, George V to Bertie
41,457. It doesn’t matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You’re still left alone with yourself in the end. (Money & Clothes) Billy Idol
45,474. Jean Harlow: Hell’s Angels (1930): ‘Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?’ (Film & Clothes & Actor) Screen Goddesses: Arena ***** BBC 2012
46,824. I arrived in England in just the clothes I stood up in. I’m going back with the best wardrobe of gear Carnaby Street can offer. (Music & Rock & Guitar & Clothes) Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
48,040. These things are called looms for spinning cloth with. The noise levels are terrific. Can you imagine what it must have been like in a room with fifteen hundred of these things all going at the same time for sixteen hours a day? (Steam & Engine & Cloth) Fred Dibnah’s Age of Steam: Driving the Wheels of Industry
49,216. I guess the big thing is that I don’t buy anything first-hand. It’s a personal policy I have for all sorts of reasons. If you research to the textile industry yourself, you’ll know why. I came to it personally. (Textile & Clothes) Ezra Miller
48,201. The mills also revolutionised how Americans dressed. (United States & Slavery & Cotton & South & Industrial Revolution & Factory & Manufacturing & Clothes) America: The Story of the US: Division