Top 100 Chic Quotes

#1. My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and practical.

Joseph Altuzarra

#2. There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.

Iris Apfel

#3. Feel like a freak. Unless le freak, c'est chic?" She shrugged. "To be fair, they only rise up whenever immortals do.

Kresley Cole

#4. There is a time to be chic and sportive, there is a time to be sexy and feminine, but it's hard to find the balance, and Tod's has done that.

Diego Della Valle

#5. The Chanel woman is slender, sophisticated and chic.

Gaspard Ulliel

#6. My personal style is bipolar. Sometimes I feel like dressing in a boyish leather jacket; other times I want to dress more elegantly. Most of the time it's what I like to call 'comfortable chic': Giuseppe Zanotti flat sandals, Rag & Bone jeans, slouchy Isabel Marant shirts.

Joan Smalls

#7. Being chic not only takes a great deal of money but an enormous amount of time. It practically precludes everything else, even being on charity committees. Half of one's time goes getting chic, the other half being seen that way.

Elizabeth Hawes

#8. My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.

Carine Roitfeld

#9. My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.

Chic Murray

#10. Chic rarely bothers to leave the Rue De Faubourg Saint-Honore.

Tyne O'Connell

#11. You do know when people say 'chic,' they mean thin.

Carol Grace

#12. For the last few years, it's been so chic for everybody to be miserable. Like if you're in with the cool crowd, you can't be happy.

Lenny Kravitz

#13. During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.

Donatella Versace

#14. Women who stay true to themselves are always more interesting and beautiful to me: women like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Anna Magnani - women who have style, chic, allure and elegance. They didn't submit to any standard of beauty - they defined it.

Isabella Rossellini

#15. People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators.

Nicholas Haslam

#16. If something's neither here nor there, where the hell is it?

Chic Murray

#17. I always like to incorporate one or two chic accessories that contrast with the more gritty look of my daily uniform: a leather jacket and jeans.

Johan Lindeberg

#18. I love the look of buffed nails. They look neat and chic without actually having to paint your nails-and it takes no time!

Joy Bryant

#19. The herd instinct is the new chic! It's like belonging to a club! ...

Eugenia Sheppard

#20. Slim young women were swathed in chic black dresses, here to attend a ceremony in one of the hotel's many reception rooms. They wore small but expensive accessories, like vampire finches in search of blood, longing for a hint of light they could reflect.

Haruki Murakami

#21. The French always seemed to be so chic. The food was better, the clothes were better, the makeup was better, the hair was better. Everything was better in France.

Helen Mirren

#22. My father has always written with Mont Blanc pens. It's very chic and elegant and classic.

Eva Green

#23. I was told that The Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.

Bertrand Russell

#24. I took my father on a coach trip last summer.We were halfway there when the driver lost control of the coach, it flew down a hill around a bend and crashed through a brick wall. I wasn't hurt but luckily my father had the presence of mind to kick my head in.

Chic Murray

#25. [Evelyn Waugh] made drunkenness cute and chic, and then took to religion, simply to have the most expensive carpet of all to be sick on.

Rebecca West

#26. I always feel that if you're gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think it's in or it's chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. It's better to be happy.

Iris Apfel

#27. Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than chic fragility, endless self-revelation, and the coolness that comes with authenticity.

Kevin DeYoung

#28. I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.

Suzanne Farrell

#29. My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran a shop in Dundee giving a lot of people tick. When he died, a lot of people hadn't paid their bills, so he died with a lot of debt. After he died, my mother went doolally.

Brian Cox

#30. A luxury meal was prairie sandwiches - two slices of bread with wide-open spaces between them.

Chic Murray

#31. Bonnat tells me, 'Your painting isn't bad, it is chic, but even so it isn't bad, but your drawing is absolutely atrocious.' So I must gather my courage and start once again ...

Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec

#32. My friends call my style 'old man chic.' I wear loafers and stylish sweatpants. I love to stay comfortable, so I definitely funk it up, but I'm always comfortable. I wear lots of hats and feathers, and I kind of have a little obsession with Native American jewelry.

Hayley Kiyoko

#33. Prettiness is terribly vulgar nowadays, and it is not every one that knows just the sort of ugliness that has chic.

Henry James

#34. A chic guy is in a suit. I don't care what kind of tie they wear. I don't care if they even wear a tie, as long as they can carry a suit.

Gloria Gaynor

#35. Using the word chic while insulting someone doesn't make it okay.

Luella Christie

#36. I was taking my dog out the other day and I met this chap who asked me where I was going. The dog is foaming at the mouth, so I explained that I was on my way to the vet to have it put down. He asked if it was mad, to which I replied that it wasn't exactly pleased about it.

Chic Murray

#37. My wife went to a beauty parlor and got a mudpack; for two days she looked nice, then the mud fell off.

Chic Murray

#38. I want to make affordable shoes of quality that are very fashion forward, chic, and that I'm going to wear.

Zendaya

#39. I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.

Georges Bizet

#40. I was out walking the other evening. This fellow accosted me, and asked if that was the moon up there in the sky. I replied that I had no idea, as I was a stranger there myself.

Chic Murray

#41. I used to sleep in the T-shirt I wore during the day and whatever ratty old gym shorts I could find on the floor. But one year for Christmas, someone gave me a very chic, comfortable pair of pajamas from Brooks Brothers, and I realized the error of my ways.

Derek Blasberg

#42. I try to wear a watch all the time, because I think guys get the short end of the stick when it comes to jewelry and accessories. A watch is a very chic men's item, and you're sort of wasting it if you just look at your cell phone.

Derek Blasberg

#43. For example, Madame Chic's wardrobe for winter consisted of three or four wool skirts, four cashmere sweaters, and three silk blouses. (Madame Chic rarely wore trousers.) She had a uniform of sorts and wore it well.

Jennifer L. Scott

#44. Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.

Karen Elson

#45. Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.

Nile Rodgers

#46. The police stopped me when I was out in my car. They told me it was a spot check. I admitted to two pimples and a boil.

Chic Murray

#47. My sister wanted a cat for a pet ... I wanted a dog, so they bought a cat and taught it to bark.

Chic Murray

#48. Mess with a magical chic and you get some major clean-up when she is pissed!!!

Mandy M. Roth

#49. I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life.

Nile Rodgers

#50. There are a substantial number of actual victims - of slavery's aftermath, gay bashing, criminal assault, sexual discrimination, physical abuse - whose genuine grievances are trivialized by victim chic. That is the real tragedy. Van

Ken Wilber

#51. I'm not too big on accessories, but I love my basic black quartz watch from American Apparel. It's a simple piece that goes with my vintage, thrift store chic style.

Wynter Gordon

#52. I do have a staff of what some people would consider to be very attractive, chic women. They are not on the staff because they are attractive and chic but because they care about the welfare of others.

Frederick Lenz

#53. Again from a distance, Sukie was once again struck by her mother's chic and how different things can seem from far away, how there's more than one truth, the faraway truth and the truth close up.

Delia Ephron

#54. I got up this morning. I like to get up in the morning; it gives me the rest of the day to myself. I crossed the landing and went down stairs. Mind you, if there had been no stairs, I wouldn't even have attempted it.

Chic Murray

#55. A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype

Jean Michel Jarre

#56. Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

Tom Wolfe

#57. Yes, but more than being a designer, I'm more of a stylist, because I don't sew and I don't sketch, but I'm good at putting things together, choosing things that are chic and glossing over the aesthetics of things.

Dita Von Teese

#58. She's a classy girl though, at least all her tattoos are spelt right.

Chic Murray

#59. It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and elegant but I think, more than that, French women are renowned for dressing in what suits them.

Alexa Chung

#60. Leopard print has been my thing forever! When I was a teenager my entire room was done in leopard print - it's timeless, chic, and always in style. When in doubt ... leopard!

Khloe Kardashian

#61. Chic is when a woman is in harmony with herself.

Giambattista Valli

#62. I love Demi Lovato's style. It's really different, but it's super chic and has a cool edge to it. I'm always trying to channel her style when going shopping for new clothes or getting dressed in the morning.

Kelli Berglund

#63. There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]

Danielle Steel

#64. It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'

Vanessa Paradis

#65. I am preppy, geek-chic with a touch of Bozo the Clown with a touch of 'Showgirls.' Sometimes, I look at myself and think I should put on a red nose, white face and maybe entertain some kids.

Brad Goreski

#66. Somehow in the middle of the L.A. trendiness, Boston conservation, New York chic and San Francisco intellectual mellow, there's a place where everything meets.

Frederick Lenz

#67. The front room of his house was what I called 'untidy chic'. Prefects weren't subject to the same Rules on room tidiness, but since no one really enjoyed clutter, a certain style of ordered untidiness was generally considered de couleur for a prefect's room.

Jasper Fforde

#68. I think Maje typifies that French vibe where it's simple items that are very practical, very wearable but also, like, incredibly chic and expensive-looking.

Alexa Chung

#69. All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.

Estelle Parsons

#70. My style is ghetto chic. I love tacky jewelry, mega heels, high-waisted shorts, catsuits.

Jessie J.

#71. You don't want to look too chic at a Washington party or people will think you don't have a job worth losing.

Judith Martin

#72. Yes, I know. It's a VERY prestigious school, known for its outstanding students, rigorous academics, chic uniforms, and beautiful campus that's a twist between Hogwarts and a five-star luxury hotel! Most

Rachel Renee Russell

#73. Tragedy is chic but discontent is dowdy.

Emilie Loring

#74. With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse.

Derek Blasberg

#75. 'Elixir' means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.

Shakira

#76. I liked Nicole Kidman because she is so fashionable she can do less is more. It was very, very simple, but it was so chic. Some people thought she looked washed out, I didn't at all.

Steven Cojocaru

#77. There's a new slimming course just out where they remove all your bones. Not only do you weigh less, but you also look so much more relaxed.

Chic Murray

#78. The ancient house is our chrysalis, trapping us until our metamorphosis is complete: our chic city wings plucked from our backs and we'll emerge as fat, white farm larvae. Like the ones living in the corral cow pies.

Mix Hart

#79. All a woman needs to be chic is a raincoat, two suits, a pair of trousers and a cashmere sweater

Hubert De Givenchy

#80. If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential.

Vivienne Westwood

#81. I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad.

Mary Gordon

#82. I always like to say that it's chic to be a geek.

Julie Larson-Green

#83. Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear.

George Kotsiopoulos

#84. I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn't so bad. BO chic it should be called.

Barry Humphries

#85. Uggs can be as chic as heels for women.

Andre Leon Talley

#86. After I told my wife that black underwear turned me on, she didn't wash my Y-fronts for a month.

Chic Murray

#87. I'm ghetto chic, I'm where the hood and high fashion meet

Teyana

#88. We're not trying for perfect - we're aiming for posh shabby chic.

Rachael Lucas

#89. How did the land of Jefferson, how did the land of King, become the land of hamburgers and raisins that can sing? Roosevelt was cripple, Lincoln was a geek, they'd never get elected, their clothes were never chic.

Don McLean

#90. A Scot is a man who keeps the Sabbath, and everything else he can lay his hands on.

Chic Murray

#91. Wear a towel instead of a coat, it's very chic. Or your husband's boxer shorts with a belt, or something from your grandmother. It's all about do-it-yourself at the moment.

Vivienne Westwood

#92. Not since the Black Panthers sailed into their Upper East Side tea party has there been so daffy an exercise in radical chic.

Camille Paglia

#93. I think you are born chic. You cannot be chic. It is something you cannot learn.

Carine Roitfeld

#94. I dreamt I was forced to eat 25lb of marshmallows. When I woke up, my pillow was missing.

Chic Murray

#95. I went to the butchers to buy a leg of lamb. "Is it Scotch?", I asked. "Why?" the butcher said in reply. "Are you going to talk to it or eat it?". "In that case, have you got any wild duck?". "No", he responded, "but I've got one I could aggravate for you."

Chic Murray

#96. I'm not going chic, I swear. The geek endures. But, I mean, a snazzy cool suit looks good.

Jon Heder

#97. A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul

Karl Lagerfeld

#98. I like to look casual yet chic. I love high fashion, vintage, and places like Zara, of course.

Martha Hunt

#99. This friend of mine had a terrible upbringing. When his mother lifted him up to feed him, his father rented the pram out. Then, when they came into money later, his mother hired a woman to push the pram - and he's been pushed for money ever since.

Chic Murray

#100. Luck is buying a lottery ticket along with your Yoo-hoo and striking it rich. Nothing about my life is lucky- it is all about hard work, it is all uphill struggle.

Emily Giffin

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