Galileo Galilei Quotes

The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.

American culture is probably the least Christian culture that we've ever had because it is so materialistic and it's so full of lies. The whole advertising world is just, it's just intertwined with lies, appealing to the worst of the instincts we have.

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.

Fashion as King is sometimes a very stupid ruler.

I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn't it sick?

I can't bear to look at Paris Hilton and all that. I mean, it really doesn't grab me. I don't think she's interesting, and the sense of values seems sort of off-kilter.

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.

No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women.

The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.

Riches are the pettiest and least worthy gifts which God can give a man. What are they to God's Word, to bodily gifts, such as beauty and health; or to the gifts of the mind, such as understanding, skill, wisdom! Yet men toil for them day and night, and take no rest. Therefore God commonly gives riches to foolish people to whom he gives nothing else.

Materialistic I'm narcissistic My shoe game is mean It's so sadistic

A girl never cares who casts the first stone at her -- as long as it's a diamond

The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.

Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden gust shall sink it: Praise a wise man, and speed him on his way; for he carrieth the ballast of humility, And is glad when his course is cheered by the sympathy of brethren ashore.

Through your rags I see your vanity.

Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?

Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.

There's a lot of music nowadays with people singing about how amazing their clothes are and how incredible their shoes are and how much jewelry they might be wearing or how much jewelry they want, how much money they have and the club that they're in and the alcohol that they're drinking. I think that's showing off. I don't think it's necessarily all that honest or all that interesting.

VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.