Shoes Quotes, Sayings, Fun Facts and Trivia
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Quotes and Sayings
- The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches. - Irish proverb
- Any girl that's got a $500,00 table and $5 shoes, I'm in love with. - James Brolin
- Give a girl the correct footwear and she can conquer the world. - Bette Middler
- I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe in the end, and I'm a big shoe girl. - Amy Adams
- If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot? - Gloria Steinem
- Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. - Irisi murdoch
- How tall am I? Honey, with hair, heels and attitude I, through the roof. - RuPaul
- A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe. - Irish Saying
- You cannot put the same shoe on every foot. - Publilius Syrus
- I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes. - Oprah Winfrey
- The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. - John J. Plomp
- I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot. - Marilyn Monroe
- Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. - Robert Service
- Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes? - George Gobel
- For good luck, cast and old shoe after me. - Proverb
- If the shoe fits, it's too expensive. - Adrienne Gusoff
- Before you critisize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you critisize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes. - Jack Handey
- If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them. - Sue Grafton
- Americans love our shoes and us rits love that we can always pick up a bargain when in the U. S. - Lisa Snowdon
- I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes. I had one thousand and sixty. - Imelda Marcos
- Terrorism, hurricanes, and acts of God can't part a true Imelda from her shoes. - Jane Blahnik
Fun Facts and Trivia
- The first lady's boot, made in 1840, was designed for Queen Victoria.
- The most ever spent on a pair of shoes was $665,000. They were Judy Garland's last pair of ruby red slippers from the Wizard of Oz.
- In China one of the bride's red shoes is tossed from the roof to ensure happiness for the bridal couple.
- Nine out of ten women wear shoes that are too small, according to a poll by the American Academy of Orthepedic Surgeons.
- Almost half of all women have been injured by their shoes.
- One quarter of all the bones in your body is in your feet.
- Sandels were first worn in warm climates where the soles of the feet nedded protection but the top of the feet needed to be cooler.
- Faity tales often use shoes as a symbol representing an escape from a boring routine life.
- Buckles were first added to shoes in 1660.
- The first shoe manufactured in the U. S. was by Thomas Beard, a Mayflower Pilgrim in 1628.
- The largest pair of shoes ever made were a size 42. They were made for Harley Davidson, a giant who lived in Florida.
- The average woman buys four pair of shoes per year.
- The best time to try on shoes is usually at the end of the day. when your feet are the most swollen.
- Before the 19th century there was no left or right shoe, they were both identical.
- About 23 percent of all women get a pedicure each and every month.
- It wasn't until the 18th century that woman's shoes were made different from men's shoes in Europe.
- In the 16th and 17th century in Europe the heels on a high heel shoe were always the color red.
- Sneakers were first made in the U. S. in 1916 and were called keds.
- In Hungury the groom drinks a toast to the bride out of her wedding shoe.
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I bought a pair of high heeld cowboy boots once.I thought the narrow toe would bother me but it didn't. However, I couldn't walk in the high heels.
Peggy, I have so many different interests I like to share them with others. I agree with you on that quote. I like that one and "If the shoe fits, buy it in every color".
dahoglund, I don't think I could wear those skinny toed shoes and I certainly can't wear the high heels anymore. I can't imagine why I ever did wear them. Walking in high heels is a learned art.
Loved this hub, loved it! (Of course, I love shoes!) The one fact I got real charge out of was that it took shoemakers a WHILE to figure out they needed to make right and left shoes, not both shoes the same.
This is thoroughly engaging. Love the quote, especially this one: Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. - Robert Service
Thanks for sharing and rating it up.
Like you...I find flats or lower heeled shoes much more comfortable these days.
Paradise, funny isn't it how long it took them to realize how uncomfortable the shoes had to be ? Oh well, live and learn.
anginwu, thanks for the rating. I am glad you enjoyed the hub. The wuote you picked out is one of my favorites - I guess because it's so true.
Peggy, I think I'd break an ankle if I tried climbing onto a pair of high heels these days.
Ohhhh....my weakness...shoes. {Sigh.} (Carrie Bradshaw should see my closet.) Loved this! :)
Very informative hub with some laughs thrown in!! I enjoyed reading this!! Thanks so much :)
Genna, I'm sure sh'd love your collection. I think we all have a little Carrie Bradshaw in us.
Thank you azure_sky. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Love this hub and of course I love shoes....very cool. Cheers.
Thanks ladyjane. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
You've done a great job of putting together an interesting and entertaining hub. thanks
SUSIE, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for visiting.
Wow, I am such a shoe girl myself. Love the fish thongs! Thanks for the info.
Shoeees :)) hehehe
Great quotes , Vote up :)
Fluffy, the fish flip flops do look fun. I wonder how easy they are to walk in.
Thanks Leptirela. Thanks for the rating.
Love it! Though I don't know how the average woman only buys 4 pairs of shoes each year. I'm a little more than that :)
Pinkchic, I have to agree, 4 pair of shoes is a little low. I'd say it's more likely 4 pair of shoes per season. For me anyway. They did a study and they say 4 pair of shoes is all that most women admit to buying per year.
Peggy W Level 8 Commenter 13 months ago
Enjoyed these quotes, facts and trivia about shoes. You certainly do come up with interesting hubs! I like this quote best: "If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them." True!