Valerie Steele Quotes

#1. I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking about a new term that was popping up everywhere: 'political correctness.'

Meghan Daum

#2. Fashion is a part of the world and part of history. It's not a meaningless swirl of meaningless clothes. They (clothes) reflect the times.

Valerie Steele

#3. The stiletto is the icon of erotic femininity. You're taller, thinner and curvier, all at the same time. What's not to like?

Valerie Steele

#4. Unlike art, the consumption of fashion is not based primarily on knowledge or education but functions through visual awareness, a type of sensuality and perception of the corporeal self.

Valerie Steele

#5. Humans are capable of a lot more than they know.

Amy Reed

#6. I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I've read, because he is like a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I'm not a big reader.

Conor McGregor

#7. Most books set in England between 1800 and 1840 have a 'Regency' feel. The reason that era is so useful for romance authors stems from the wide-ranging social changes that were occurring over that time, and the parallels, or echoes, those create with our time and the lives of our readers.

Stephanie Laurens

#8. I don't think it's so important who you vote for - you vote for who you believe in. The important thing is to vote, because it's our way and it's the best way.

Cass Elliot

#9. Power dressing is combat gear for the trip to the top.

Valerie Steele

#10. Have we been guilty of declaring, 'I've been thinking about making some course corrections in my life. I plan to take the first step - tomorrow'? With such thinking, tomorrow is forever. Such tomorrows rarely come unless we do something about them today.

Thomas S. Monson

#11. The item of clothing that makes us feel powerful is the one that makes us feel confident and self-assured, that magically makes us look our best in all kinds of circumstances.

Valerie Steele

#12. Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.

Pindar

#13. Mountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder's frame of mind, or any one thing, can effectively change their appearance. Thus, it is essential to recognize that we can never know more than one side, one small aspect of a mountain.

Haruki Murakami

#14. Very rarely is there actually a functional reason for a fashion rule

Valerie Steele

#15. There is nothing shameful in wanting, Venetia. There's only shame in not getting.

Karen Hawkins

#16. I am not anti-death penalty, but I'm damned sure anti-the-wrong-guy-getting-executed.

Kinky Friedman

#17. This is the way I've always been. I think of the answer long after the person asking the question has lost interest and walked away.

Jael McHenry

#18. A cluster of houses lay about three miles down this joke of a road, and a hand-painted sign read: WELCOME TO SHIFTERTOWN! POPULATION: FIFTY-TWO SHIFTERS, TWENTY HORSES, FIVE DOGS, AND FIFTEEN CATS.

Jennifer Ashley