Modesty Quote by John le Carré Download Open image ““He appeared to spend a lot of money on really bad clothes.”” — John le Carré ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Appeared Spend Bad Clothes Modesty Money Money Really Ostentation Spend Spend Lot Taste
“Expensive clothing is a poor man’s attempt to appear prosperous.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It was not just that he had terrible style: he also gave the impression that he was deliberately desecrating the very idea of wearing… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Why people with lots of money chose to wear the most stupidly uncomfortable clothes on the planet was a complete mystery.” — Debora Geary Copy Share Image
“real clothes. If anything, this guy is having a positive effect” — AnnMarie Creedon Copy Share Image
“Dressed to strip?’ 'You know—expensive clothes that feel good in your hands while you take them off him.” — Roberta Pearce Copy Share Image
“You know a man is interesting when you forget to notice how expensive — or cheap — his clothes are.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Damn, he was good. I'd been professionally sullied without a single item of clothing removed.” — Kylie Scott Copy Share Image
“If we wanted new clothes, we knew exactly how much he could spare and what cuts would have robe made elsewhere. The result was… — Vivek Shanbhag Copy Share Image
“There were clothes, and then somehow, there were far less clothes.” — Christina Boyd Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in. — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice… — Euripides Copy Share Image
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet… — Nam June Paik Copy Share Image
The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
“Modesty is good. But take your credit. You can't always count on other people to offer it.” — Alex Irvine Copy Share Image
“Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . .… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Im not Superman. So I cant say anything big like Ill protect everyone on Earth. Im not a modest guy who will say its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
