--- title: "5 Pants Quotes By Sara Blakely" description: "5 Pants quotes by Sara Blakely. Plus more from Sara Blakely and more Pants sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/sara-blakely-7253_control_i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyh_632755.png" --- > [I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyhose-one-night-threw-them-on/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/sara-blakely-7253_control_i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyh_632755.png) > [I'm just like so many women - I was frustrated, I had these white pants that I had spent a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-m-just-like-so-many-women-i-was-frustrated-i-had-these-white-pants/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/sara-blakely-7253_am_i-m-just-like-so-many-women-i-was-frustr_1311651.jpg) > [I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-did-not-like-the-way-i-looked-in-a-pair-of-white-pants/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/sara-blakely-7253_like_i-did-not-like-the-way-i-looked-in-a-pai_1703130.png) > [I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-shopped-for-body-shapers-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-and-i-was/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/sara-blakely-7253_band_i-shopped-for-body-shapers-for-the-first_1748656.jpg) > [I cut the feet out of my control top pantyhose to wear under these white pants and that was the ah-ha moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-cut-the-feet-out-of-my-control-top-pantyhose-to-wear-under-these/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/sara-blakely-7253_butt_i-cut-the-feet-out-of-my-control-top-pan_2578392.png) ## Other authors on Pants ## More by Sara Blakely > [I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-always-joke-and-say-i-want-to-invent-a-comfortable-stiletto-and/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/with-every-obstacle-that-has-happened-to-me-in-my-life-my-brain/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/when-i-cut-the-feet-out-of-my-pantyhose-that-one-time-i-saw-it-as-my/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/my-saddlebags-are-why-spanx-exist-now-that-i-have-a-baby-i-also-have/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [In the next decade, I see Spanx going worldwide. Everywhere. No butt left behind. It's going to be all over the world and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/in-the-next-decade-i-see-spanx-going-worldwide-everywhere-no-butt/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/within-the-first-year-of-launching-my-company-spanx-i-decided-to-go/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/having-a-mental-snapshot-of-where-you-are-where-you-are-going-and/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/everything-about-my-journey-to-get-spanx-off-the-ground-entailed-me/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/failure-is-not-attached-to-outcome-but-in-not-trying-this-way-it-is/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/it-s-really-a-full-time-job-to-manage-our-lives/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyhose-one-night-threw-them-on/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/don-t-let-what-you-don-t-know-scare-you-because-it-can-become-your/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-think-my-story-says-that-when-women-are-given-the-chance-and-the/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/the-thought-of-my-mortality-i-think-about-it-a-lot-i-find-it/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-have-this-system-where-if-i-buy-three-or-four-new-things-i-give/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pants/sara-blakely/#itemlist", "name": "5 Pants Quotes By Sara Blakely", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Blakely" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyhose-one-night-threw-them-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/sara-blakely-7253_control_i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyh_632755.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/sara-blakely-7253_control_i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyh_632755.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/sara-blakely-7253_control_i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyh_632755.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that…” — Sara Blakely", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm just like so many women - I was frustrated, I had these white pants that I had spent a lot of money on, and you get home and you think, 'What am I really supposed to wear under this?' 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