Lilly Dache quotes

“Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker.”
-- Lilly Dache

Source : 1955 'Lilly Dache¤'s Secrets of Lifelong Glamour Book', in Woman's Home Companion, vol.82, Jul.

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“[On the start of her career as a milliner:] When I was six I made my mother a little hat -- out of her new blouse.”
-- Lilly Dache

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“A hat is an expression of a woman’s soul. It is something that she wears on her head, but it belongs to her heart. It is the keynote of her personality, the finishing touch that makes her look beautiful, smart, and sure of herself.”
-- Lilly Dache

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“A woman's hat is close to her heart, though she wears it on her head. It is her way of saying to the world: See this is what I am like-or this is what I would like to be.”
-- Lilly Dache

Source : Lilly Daché, Dorothy Roe Lewis (1946). “Talking Through My Hats”, Coward-McCann,inc.

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“Men have presented their plans and philosophies for the remedying of earth's ills, but Jesus stands alone in presenting not a system, but His own personality as capable of supplying the needs of the soul.”

“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

“I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.”

Source : FaceBook post by A.S. Byatt from Dec 16, 2011

“We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.”

“Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.”

“Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.”

“Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.”

“Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?”

“A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given.”

“The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.