
“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
Ask the Dust (1939)
“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
“No matter what you wear… to me, you will always have diamonds on the soles of your shoes.”
Source: Lover Avenged
“it wasn't the mountain ahead that wears you out, but the grain of sand in your shoe”
Source: The Beach Trees
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
“Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.”
Variant: It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
Reported in Jay Babcock, " JOSHUA HOMME: People say [record] labels are evil. No, they’re just lame. http://www.arthurmag.com/2007/12/04/josh-homme-people-say-labels-are-evil-no-theyre-just-lame/", Arthur Magazine (December 4, 2007).