Quote by John Durant

There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is you get…

— Christopher McDougall

“No shoes, no matter what the price or the brand, will cure foot problems. At best (and worst), they camouflage the dysfunction. A hidden…

— Pete Egoscue

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the…

— Zola Budd

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

— George Herbert

“According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, in 2006, one out of six people or 43.1 million Americans suffered foot ailments. Among cultures…

— Michael Sandler

the feet should have more of the acquaintance of earth, and know more of flowers, freshness, cool brooks, wild thyme, and salt sand than…

— Alice Meynell

“The truth is that running in shoes is high impact, heel-centric, promotes bad form, is relatively unstable and inflexible, tends to weaken rather than…

— Michael Sandler

“In dietary terms, being shod is rather similar to cooking one's feet, as opposed to barefoot being raw.”

— Mango Wodzak

I like being barefoot in my apartment. The comfiest shoe is the human foot, I think. There's all sorts of articles that say wearing…

— Chris Baio

Better a barefoot than none.

— George Herbert

When I was growing up in North Carolina, we didn't wear our shoes in the summertime because we were trying to save them. By…

— Vernon Jones

If every shoe store in America stops selling shoes, no one's going to go barefoot for 15, 20 years. No one needs shoes, for…

— Kenneth Cole