Sara Bareilles (1979) American pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
"Little Black Dress"
Lyrics, The Blessed Unrest (2013)
Sara Bareilles (1979) American pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
"Little Black Dress"
Lyrics, The Blessed Unrest (2013)
“You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Bert McCracken (1982) American musician
On the oddest experience while at a party, reported in WENN staff (December 6, 2007) "The Things They Say", World Entertainment News Network.
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Variant: The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
Context: The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.
“I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“There was a reason for the cost of those perfectly plain black dresses.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker
“She put on happiness like a loose dress over pain I'll never know.”
Silencer.
A→B Life (2002)
John Wesley (1703–1791) Christian theologian
As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 127
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