Socks Quotes

“One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this.
"Nice socks."
Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.”
― Jean Kerr

“Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.”
― Dr. Seuss

“When I was young I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in a sock.
So I stopped wearing socks.”
― Albert Einstein

“Oh my God, Green,” I heard Chubs say from somewhere in the room. “Just take the damn socks
and put the kid out of his misery.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“Granny always said finding justice was as tough as putting socks on a rooster.”
― Jessica Maria Tuccelli, Glow

“I miss you like the mismatching sock I can't find. You're out there somewhere.”
― Karen Quan, Better to be able to love than to be loveable

“I want to knit socks for the soldiers."
"It's not as easy as that," she said, looking at me strangely. "It's difficult to turn a good heel. There are competitions over it.”
― Sara Gruen, At the Water's Edge

“Don't be quick to discard old socks because you receive new ones”
― Charmaine J Forde

“Crows tumble like socks in a drier.”
― David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue

“Enzo showed a flair for words early and wrote his first story when he was seven, entitled "The horrible sock that smelled bad and ate Pomona Falls except for my house," in which a large sock, mutated by its own horrible unwashed smell, started eating its way through the contents of an entire town and was thwarted only when the heroes Enzo and Magdy first punched it into submission and then threw it into a swimming pool filled with laundry soap.”
― John Scalzi, Zoe's Tale

“One can never have enough socks.”
― Albus Dumbledore

“You just can't fly when you're wearing socks, and shoes, and coats, and pants, and underwear. Everything has to go.”
― Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

“Her socks are rainbow-striped, which surprises me. I would have expected skulls or something.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“A sockless man is not to be trusted.”
― Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It

“At least, he thought, looking down at his feet, his socks were still in decent shape. It was the socks that went first. A whore he knew said that she only took customers whose socks were in good condition. One of Casson's fellow lodgers showed him how he used a pen to color in the skin that showed white in the holes.”
― Alan Furst

“He hadn’t said a word to me until we had been roommates for eight months. And even then it had only been, “You’re wearing my socks.”
― Melody J. Bremen, Room 42

“The hobo wore old black shoes that also looked like they were too big for him, but that might
have been because he wasn’t wearing any socks.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Is Falling Down

“Mac raised his hand. “Once I could only find one of my socks,” he said. “Man, I looked everywhere for it! Under the bed, in the bathroom. You’ll never guess where I finally found it.”
“In the refrigerator,” said Bob.
Mac’s mouth dropped open. “How’d you know?”
Bob shrugged. “Where else?”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Is Falling Down

“So what’s the rule of thumb? Some say you should always match your socks to your shoes. Others say you should always match your socks to your pants. The correct answer is pants. And so in the case of jeans and brown shoes, I would go with navy socks.
One note on sock-and-pant etiquette: if you’re wearing socks with dress pants, you should reveal no leg skin. It’s like a bare midriff: you don’t want to see it. It’s different if you’re wearing shoes without socks, which is fine in casual settings.”
― Tim Gunn, Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible

“For a family that doesn’t wear socks, we sure do have a lot of them.”
― Richie Norton

“Would you change your socks as often as you change your mind?”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Socks were meant for holes.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Crocodile socks will always eat your feet.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Socks just love feet.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“What do you see when you look in the Mirror?'
'I? I see myself holding a pair of thick woollen socks.'
Harry stared.
'One can never have enough socks,' said Dumbledore. 'Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

“The pair of them were both sans socks so beneath their footwear they were matching and going toe-to-toe.”
― J.S. Mason, Whisky Hernandez

“Socks!” Skylar’s displeased shout broke their moment. They both smiled at the teenage growl. “Who gets socks on Christmas?”
“You’ll be sad when you stop getting those,” Nick called back.”
― Ellen Mint, Mistletoe Latte

“I always put my left sock on first. When I put my right sock on first, I've left without a sock on.”
― Aegelis