Alan Quote by Craig Brown Download Open image “Alan Whicker may be the last Briton to have worn a silver-buttoned blazer with complete confidence.” — Craig Brown ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alan Blazer Complete Confidence Last May Worn
I remember that Jackie [Stewart] was the first driver wearing flameproof underwear! What it definitely was: it was much more flamboyant. But that doesn't… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
Authors often become identified with an item of clothing - Zadie Smith, for instance, is known for her head wraps, and Fran Lebowitz is… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
He was wearing a plain white oxford unbuttoned over a T-shirt, but something about the way they fit made him look put together, like… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“Between the whiskers scraggling down his neck and the now-crooked glasses, he could have been the Black Allen Ginsberg.” — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
There's definitely been some looks throughout history on the golf course that would make people say, 'woah, what's this guy wearing?!' if they were… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
“It's that man Alan Shearer again. He scored 11 hat tricks in his Premier League career. Incredibly he scored five hat tricks in just… — Chris Carpenter Copy Share Image
Baffling late-life discovery: Golfers wear those awful clothes on purpose. — Herb Caen Copy Share Image
“Bannon finally arrived. Wearing a disheveled blazer, his signature pairing of two shirts,” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Men know something that women don't know. Never ask directions of a stranger. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Like the periwig and the bowler bat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
“One evening, at the time of the Six-Day War, I [Christopher Hitchens] had my wicked way with a lovely lady, who had earlier intimated… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
When I tell people I don't own a mobile phone and wouldn't know how to text, they react as though I have just confessed… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.” — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Many people see the chance to eat something for nothing, without the need to cook or wash up, as the great consolation of going… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, I used to stay with a school friend in Bexhill, in Sussex, which was then well-known for being the… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
My friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not have a particularly auspicious start. — Katharine Viner Copy Share Image
“Alan prayed she wasn’t complying from some sense of obligation. He didn’t want that, but neither could he bear for her to leave him… — Bonnie Dee Copy Share Image
I had written a tune called 'Shake, Rattle and Roll,' but the white stations refused to play it - they thought it was low-class… — Jesse Stone Copy Share Image
“Alan:I used rabbit-skin glue to size the panels. I got it from the art shop. I don’t know if they use real rabbits in… — J.L. Merrow Copy Share Image
I've played under Alan Pardew, Gianfranco Zola, Avram Grant, Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley and Slaven's made me captain. — Mark Noble Copy Share Image
I love 'Love Actually' and particularly the story with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. I think it's possibly the best exploration of infidelity that's… — John Requa Copy Share Image
I fell in love with Alan Ayckbourn the day I met him and, starting with 'The Norman Conquests,' went on to do eight plays… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
“Alan shook his head. Jeremy was hopeless. Either he’d find an equally soft-headed girl and they’d live happily ever after like two cooing doves,… — Bonnie Dee Copy Share Image
“As he left Chinatown behind, Alan thought of the woman he’d seen on the wharf the other day, the golden splendor of her gown,… — Bonnie Dee Copy Share Image
Alan White and I spent the next two or three years working together on this. We developed what is known a stochastic volatility model.… — John Hull Copy Share Image