Armour Quote by Honore de Balzac

They were snobs or idiots or both...yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness.

— Jennifer Egan

She had been dragged in the most humiliating of all dusts, the dust reserved for older women who let themselves be approached, on amorous…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

In the beginning, I thought that women needed protection, on a style level, to have the right impact to let them realize their desire…

— Giorgio Armani

“Within her the core of rebellion hardened. She would dress as she chose, because clothes and appearance were part of a woman’s armor in…

— Elizabeth Chadwick

Of all the old prejudices that cling to the hem of the woman's garments and persistently impede her progress, none holds faster than this.…

— Susan B. Anthony

“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various…

— Margaret Atwood

Women who had discovered pants, low-heeled shoes, and loose sweaters during World War II were reluctant to give them up in peacetime.

— Susan Faludi

Contentment preserves one from catching cold. Has a woman who knew that she was well dressed ever caught a cold? No, not even when…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Why should men be allowed to strut under the privilege of their life adventures, wearing them like a breast full of medals, while women…

— Carol Shields

“Woman cannot be content with health and agility: she must make exorbitant efforts to appea something that never could exist without a diligent perversion…

— Germaine Greer

Some women waited for a night in shining armor. She, apparently, had ended up with a knight in black jeans and leather, who wanted…

— Ilona Andrews

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.

— Betty Grable