Top 61 Philo Quotes
#1. Of all the criminal cases in which Philo Vance participated as unofficial investigator, the most sinister, the most bizarre, the seemingly most incomprehensible, and certainly the most terrifying was the one that followed the famous Greene murders.
S. S. Van Dine
#2. Philo Farnsworth invented TV at the age of 22.
Philo
#4. To know oneself means, among other things, to know oneself qua non-sage: that is, not as a sophos , but as a philo-sophos , someone on the way toward wisdom.
Pierre Hadot
#5. Be kind, for everyone you meet is facing a great battle. - PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA
Rob Lilwall
#6. If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
Johnny Carson
#7. It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel.
David Mamet
#8. Philo Vance / Needs a kick in the pance.
Ogden Nash
#9. He who tries to flee from God takes refuge in himself.
Philo
#10. God welcomes genuine service, and that is the service of a soul that offers the bare and simple sacrifice of truth; but from false service, the mere display of material wealth, He turns away.
Philo
#11. To offer women something that feels more about investing in something and less about being disposable is a complete corrective to the world we live in
Phoebe Philo
#12. My mother used to dress me in quite good-taste clothes, and I really wanted things that were sparkly and spangly and trashy and nasty. I don't know if I ever chose fashion; it was just there in me.
Phoebe Philo
#13. Money, it has been said, is the cause of good things to a good man, of evil things to a bad man.
Philo
#14. Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind.
Philo
#15. What God is to the world, parents are to their children.
Philo
#16. I wouldn't want to even try to begin to describe our customer, as I think she likes a certain amount of anonymity. I try to offer clothes that allow that. I myself do not like being defined so readily, so I imagine that she is similar?
Phoebe Philo
#17. I'm happy to do interviews from time to time, but I don't find them that necessary - and that hasn't seemed to have affected people's understanding of our work.
Phoebe Philo
#18. But God, the ruler of the universe, takes his stand upon it, regulating it and directing everything in a saving manner by the helm of his wisdom, using, in truth, neither hands nor feet, nor any other part whatever such as belongs to created objects.
Philo Of Alexandria
#19. I know that God exists. I know that I have never invented anything. I have been a medium by which these things were given to the culture as fast as the culture could earn them. I give all the credit to God.
Philo
#20. Time is my biggest luxury. Finding time to do things outside of fashion, which I think for a designer is incredibly important.
Phoebe Philo
#21. I want to show my personality through my designs and stay pretty anonymous outside the industry.
Phoebe Philo
#22. It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.
Phoebe Philo
#23. Everyone wants new things all the time; shops require so much - there has to be consistency.
Phoebe Philo
#24. Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.
Phoebe Philo
#25. I feel very much that I am a human being, with human limitations, and I need to respect that.
Phoebe Philo
#27. There is absolutely a gap in the market for thirty something women and, the more I look at it, the more I feel there needs to be a sense of ease and choice.
Phoebe Philo
#28. My relationship with fashion is playful and very expressive of what I'm feeling at the time.
Phoebe Philo
#29. The chicest thing is when you don't exist on Google.
Phoebe Philo
#30. We're in the business of luxury and there's nothing more luxurious than being good to people, being respectful of them.
Phoebe Philo
#31. I was very, very eager to work. It's just the way I am.
Phoebe Philo
#32. I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.
Phoebe Philo
#33. A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial.
Philo
#34. I don't believe in making fashion difficult.
Phoebe Philo
#35. My favourite eras for styles are still the 70s and 40s, and there will be a few iconic pieces to build the wardrobe around, like there were at Chloe, but I want there to be a feel of mix-and-match.
Phoebe Philo
#36. I'm just not very interested in decoration.
Phoebe Philo
#37. I decided to work on things that obsess women because women can't resist things like lace, sequins, animal prints and python.
Phoebe Philo
#39. I'm not interested in clothes that just convey a certain look or fashion. Clothes for me have always been a form of self-expression.
Phoebe Philo
#40. I don't know whether that comes from having a family - having something very important at home that needed to be protected.
Phoebe Philo
#41. Learning is by nature curiosity ... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained.
Philo Of Alexandria
#42. Things have to sell, of course, but if I don't want to put bags on the runway, we don't put bags on the runway. I have complete creative control.
Phoebe Philo
#43. Emotions become more violent when expression is stifled.
Philo
#44. Every virtuous man is free.
Philo
#45. Build a wardrobe rather than focusing on trends.
Phoebe Philo
#46. Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.
Philo
#47. I never had a massive desire to buy clothes. I liked to customise the clothes I already had or was given when I was younger. If I didn't like them that much, I made them how I wanted them to be.
Phoebe Philo
#48. Women should have choices, and women should feel good in what they wear.
Phoebe Philo
#49. Remorse for what is done is useless.
Philo
#50. I had my daughter, and with that came a deep sense of responsibility; my time for work had become precious, and it had to have more meaning.
Phoebe Philo
#51. There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet.
Philo Farnsworth
#52. What I love is this idea of a wardrobe, the idea that we're establishing certain signatures and updating them, that a change in colour or fabric is enough.
Phoebe Philo
#53. I have an innate fear of fame. I've never thought being famous looked like such a good place to be. I love being incognito.
Phoebe Philo
#54. The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?
Philo
#55. The air is full of souls those who are nearest to earth descending to be tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to live in them.
Philo
#56. I have a fantastic team, and it's much easier having children, because that creates a natural limit.
Phoebe Philo
#57. Learning is by nature, curiosity.
Philo
#59. The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.
Phoebe Philo
#60. When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn't really look at the history of the house. I had other offers to come back, but they weren't right, or they wouldn't let me stay in London, which was non-negotiable.
Phoebe Philo
#61. I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?
Phoebe Philo
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