“Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.”

“There was once a millionaire who bought an infinite number of pairs of shoes and, whenever he bought a pair of shoes, he also bought a pair of socks. We can make a selection choosing one out of each pair of shoes, because we can choose always the right shoe or always the left shoe. Thus, so far as the shoes are concerned, selections exist. But, as regards the socks, where there is no distinction of right and left, we cannot use this rule of selection.”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

“I really think guys only need two pairs of shoes. A nice pair of black shoes and a pair of Chuck Taylors.”

Mindy Kaling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

“It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.”

Chögyam Trungpa (1939–1987) Tibetan Buddhist lama and writer

“The world around me is a tuxedo, and I'm a pair of brown shoes.”

Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994) American journalist

“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”

Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) British writer and philosopher

“Women need food, water, and compliments
That's right.
And an occasional pair of shoes.”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“when you're young
a pair of
female
high-heeled shoes
just sitting
alone
in the closet
can fire your
bones;
when you're old
it's just
a pair of shoes
without
anybody
in them
and
just as
well.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“I believe every woman should own at least one pair of red shoes.”

Terry Tempest Williams book Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”

Alexander McCall Smith (1948) British writer