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Department Store Quotes

On counters, holiday jobs, and the pull of wanting something.

These department store quotes trace early jobs, like wrapping gifts one holiday season among experienced staff, and interviews for retail positions after college that paid less than expected in the Job market.

The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held...

Quotes by William Christopher Handy

I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.

Quotes by Terry Zwigoff

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.

Quotes by Terry J. Lundgren

There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.

Steven Wright

America Quotes

The department store was a product of the 19th century and became a very important institution as America went into the 20th century. It provided show places in developing towns like Terre Haute, Sacramento, and Dallas.

Quotes by Stanley Marcus

It was at the department store where people got away from provincialism.

Quotes by Stanley Marcus

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

Quotes by Shirley Temple

I remember walking into a department store and you would hear an instrumental version of a Beatles song and it was usually kinda cheesy and very un-rock. Kenny G, for example, is a musician that I certainly dont want to...

Quotes by Paul Gilbert

I'd go into a department store now and buy everything. It's who I am. I just love cosmetics.

Quotes by Pat McGrath

Go Quotes

The last thing we need is yet another makeup company. Even I have a nervous breakdown when I go through the department store makeup floor.

Quotes by Lauren Hutton

Back when I was 15 or 16, in Dallas there was a department store called Sanger-Harris. One holiday season, I got a job as a gift wrapper there. The others were all experts who did that job every year, and...

Quotes by Karen Katz

Any time I claimed to be white, that would be unacceptable. It just doesn't make sense in people's minds. If I'm white, how can I walk through a department store and still have people scared that I'm going to rob...

Quotes by Jordan Peele

As you get older, your skin tone will change, and that means the colours that suit you best change, too. Take a trip to a department store and ask for advice, or simply hold colours close to your face in...

Quotes by John Rocha

After leaving school, I got a job in a department store not dissimilar to Grace Bros in 'Are You Being Served?'

Quotes by Jasper Carrott

Job Quotes

The wonderful police officers who spend time with me I don't think appreciate that, but I do still drive. I do still cook: not often, but just last week, I really felt like making one of my mum's old recipes...

Quotes by Jacinda Ardern

I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

Quotes by Helen Reddy

When I was at college, I worked in a department store called Brit Home Stores, which is a pretty lackluster department store, selling clothes for middle-aged women. My job was to walk the floor and find anything that was damaged,...

Quotes by Dominic Monaghan

Saks is one of the temples of good-quality products in America. The Saks shop in New York, for me, is the most interesting department store in America.

Quotes by Diego Della Valle

I think having worked in a department store setting, if my life had not taken a drastically different turn when I became an actor, there's a very high probability I would have continued to work at the department store.

Quotes by Cory Monteith

Love Quotes

From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.

Quotes by Christie Hefner

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Department Store quotes cover?
They recall holiday retail jobs, interviews after college, childhood memories tied to store visits, and moments of longing resolved by a trip to a department store.
Why do people search for department store quotes?
Readers search for these quotes for nostalgic retail memories, holiday season reflection, or stories about early jobs in shopping and customer service.
Is there a quote about a holiday gift-wrapping job?
Yes, one speaker recalls getting a job as a gift wrapper at a Dallas department store one holiday season, working alongside more experienced staff.
Does any quote mention job interviews in retail?
Yes, one line describes a fantastic interview at a department store despite skepticism about retail pay, after receiving several other job offers out of college. See also Job quotes.
Is there a quote about childhood memories of a store Santa?
Yes, one speaker says they never saw a department store Santa as a child because their mother was afraid to take them, a small but specific personal detail.

One quote recalls counting out small coins to finally satisfy a childhood longing at the counter. Another remembers never seeing a store Santa at all growing up in America.