Ellen Swallow Richards Quotes

Don't put on something so tight thinking, 'Oh, I can wear this for four hours.' Don't do that to yourself!

Anytime I don't have to wear a bra is a good day.

Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night.

Well I forgot how different it was because I've been here for about four or five years. It's a big load off my shoulders now. Now that I'm there, I'm like, man, I can breathe a little bit, you know?

It's an incredibly liberating feeling to have a skirt on. In fact, I know you can buy skirts, and you can buy work kilts and all sorts of stuff.

I think men look best when they're dressed in something that makes them feel comfortable.

One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.

I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.

Now I literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last year.

Whenever I pick up a jacket and it's heavy, I think, 'Oh, I don't want to wear that.'

When I'm not working, I just like to be comfortable: I love black, nothing tight, no heels, no make-up - it's nice to be able to breathe!

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

I love clothes but I have spent so much of my professional life creating an image of one kind or another that it is nice not to care about it in life and let your skin breathe.

They can't hurt you now.

The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel.

Men have to be freed from the tortures of heavy clothing that covers everything but the face and hands.

Wear what you feel comfortable in and what suits your mood.

I'd rather look like a hobo and be super comfortable than wear something not comfortable.

No matter how pretty or designer the clothes are, I don't like to wear anything that is uncomfortable.

High heels off; I'm feeling alive.

Home again, I can groan, scratch, and talk to myself.

In life, when the baggage gets too heavy, you have to put it down.

Why do people hanker for the home? - security, safety. But in the name of security and safety, they don't make homes, they make prisons - and they are the jailed and they are the jailers, but because they have the keys in their own hands, they think they are free.

These moments of escape are not to be despised. They come too seldom.

Security is the denial of life