Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.

Quote by Eric Bentley

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.

I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.

Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a...

Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a...

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the...

Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the...

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman,...

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman,...

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the...

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Fashion is made to become unfashionable.

Fashion is made to become unfashionable.

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules,including:* Both of your socks...

I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules,including:* Both of your socks...

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.