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Quotes About Shops

It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted avenues.
~ Philip Gibbs
I love to visit the comic shops, and I don't want to call myself a 'foodie,' because that word is just stupid, but I love diner food, and I'm a hardcore fan of 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.'
~ Brian Posehn
Visits to crowded Indian urban centers unleash sensory assaults: colorful dress and lilting chatter provide a backdrop to every manner of commerce, from small shops to peddlers to beggars.
~ Steven Rattner
Salem is such a cool little town that's very touristy. It's fun to walk around all the shops and get the feeling there.
~ Sheri Moon Zombie
I'd love to see myself on sale in shops. It tickles me, does the idea of me being marketed.
~ Gilbert O'Sullivan
When you place art in the shops, it's a way to make it more accessible.
~ Maurizio Cattelan
My voice is so recognisable. I'm like a foghorn walking round shops on my phone.
~ Georgia Toffolo
I always wear a mask if I'm going to the shops.
~ Matt Doherty
I phoned home but my wife didn't answer. It crossed my mind that she might be dead. I panicked. Then it turned out that she wasn't dead. She had just been at the shops.
~ Jon Ronson
I love to be close to shops as shopping is one of my biggest passions.
~ Gok Wan
I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.
~ Norman Foster
The affinity towards suits was a functional thing for me early on because I was thrifting at secondhand shops, and it was also initially a way of grieving - my father had passed, and he used to wear suits all the time.
~ Jidenna
thrift shops make you a king for five bucks.
~ Wendy Lustbader
In Rome there is a pathological shortage of small coins. For change, the little shops tend to use candy.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
Duty Free shops which are able to charge much lower prices than ordinary shops but - mysteriously - don't
~ Douglas Adams
I've been gossiping a little. In shops—and waiting for buses. Old ladies are supposed to be inquisitive. Yes, one can pick up quite a lot of local news.
~ Agatha Christie
There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price.
~ Hernan Cortes
I was the kid at school who wore clothes from charity shops.
~ Sara Davies
I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.
~ Amy Sedaris
Claire stepped over a graveyard of cigarette butts as she followed him. The alley was T-shaped, intersecting with another service alley for the restaurants and shops. Hardly
~ Karin Slaughter
Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment.
~ Sinclair Lewis
In most betting shops you will see three windows marked 'Bet Here', but only one window with the legend 'Pay Out'.
~ Jeffrey Bernard
I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops... Eventually companion animals would be phased out.
~ Ingrid Newkirk
Although the modern image of the imperial city is dominated by the ruins of the Coliseum and the Forum, the economic life of ancient Rome centered on side streets filled with apartments, shops, and horrea.
~ William J. Bernstein