Welcome to our collection of buttons quotes! Buttons, those small yet significant elements, often overlooked, play a crucial role in our everyday lives. From the mundane buttons on our clothing to the digital buttons we interact with on screens, these humble objects have a surprising depth of symbolism and meaning. Buttons can represent control, choice, connection, and much more, making them a fascinating subject for reflection and inspiration.
In fashion, buttons are not merely functional fasteners but also design elements that can elevate a garment from ordinary to extraordinary. They add personality, style, and flair, serving as both practical tools and decorative accents. Similarly, in the digital realm, buttons guide our interactions, allowing us to navigate websites, control devices, and express ourselves with a simple tap or click. Whether physical or virtual, buttons are integral to how we engage with the world around us, making them worthy of contemplation and celebration.
Below, you’ll find a curated selection of quotes that explore the significance of buttons in various contexts. These quotes capture the essence of buttons – their symbolism, their utility, and their aesthetic appeal. Feel free to use these quotes to adorn your social media posts, decorate your spaces, or simply ponder their deeper meanings. So, let’s dive into the world of buttons and discover the wisdom they hold!
Only one per cent of the world actually care about the full-on technical specs of a car. Most people want to know how cool it looks, what gadgets it has, what the buttons do, what it’s like to drive and what it sounds like. Alex Hirsch
Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn’t. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said ‘Yes.’ I was adventurous. Jaclyn Smith
I always loved the piano because it’s just a bunch of buttons. I like to push buttons. Grace Potter
Growing up in the days when you still had to punch buttons to make a telephone call, I could recall the numbers of all my close friends and family. Today, I’m not sure if I know more than four phone numbers by heart. And that’s probably more than most. Joshua Foer
There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put it together to make a whole. That’s what an editor does – looks at society at a given time and pulls together the interesting aspects into a single issue each month. Graydon Carter
At an ERA fundraiser years ago, one of my favorite buttons was the one that said, ‘Every mother is a working mother.’ Valerie Harper
I’m a bit of a geek: I just love being able to play with dials and buttons. Shura
A label’s typical plan would be to put something out that’s safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you. Kacey Musgraves
Since I play piano, I can play the right hand on the accordion, no problemo. It’s the left hand with the buttons that makes me crazy. Donna Lynne Champlin
You can be intuitive when you’ve got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons. Willem Dafoe
I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars. Mort Walker
I’ll buy an old jacket and attach gold buttons and a couple royal patches. Or I’ll find an old busted sweatshirt, tear out the zipper, and replace it with a $700 zipper. I make things my own. Theophilus London
I love nothing better than to get all the nuts and bolts out of the way – show up on time, with lines learned, clear on what the director expects of me, with my buttons buttoned and my jewelry on correctly – and then I completely commit to play acting. Jane Elliot
It was the corner sweet-shop in Australia that first piqued my interest in interior design. I went into this space with a mixture of apprehension and excitement as a child. It was filled, floor to ceiling, with the most incredible rounded glass bowls filled to the brim with bonbons, buttons, and sweets. Anouska Hempel
The raw emotion and physical nature of the NFL definitely push a lot of peoples’ buttons. It’s played once a week, so every game is important. Rich Eisen
America: It’s like Britain, only with buttons. Ringo Starr
I was a fashion assistant. I bought the fabric. I made sure that everything was smooth in the workroom. And I scrambled all over London on the Tube looking for buttons. It was great. Jaye Davidson
In a way, you might say that David Duke is the son of Willie Horton. Duke is more overt, of course, but he’s really just pushing the same buttons and sending the same coded messages that the Horton ads did so effectively for the Bush campaign last year. Judd Rose
I’ve done everything. Selling door-to-door fire extinguishers… In bars, I used to repair those machines that have 10 different buttons on them to spray club soda and seltzer. J. B. Smoove
I wasn’t a great student, but I was interested in this theater thing, and I could spend hours in the library researching why the cuffs in the 18th century had four buttons. It was my handle. Jimmy Smits
The suit is the polite taming, the socialising, the neutering, of riding and military kit. Those pointless buttons on the cuff were moved from lateral to vertical. A. A. Gill
I learned at an early age that using the third person will push some buttons. Craig Kilborn
It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn’t know where everything was, who didn’t know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that. Sigourney Weaver
Many of us think in terms in parental determinism: ‘If I push all the right buttons my kids are going to turn out OK.’ I want to instill in myself and my people a wonderful dose, not of carelessness, but of God’s sovereignty. He knows the hairs on your kids’ heads. Kevin DeYoung
Each season, my balance gets worse, and sometimes I fall. I no longer cook for myself but microwave widower food, mostly Stouffer’s. My fingers are clumsy and slow with buttons. Donald Hall
Just as TurboTax simplified much of the tax process, so has the colossally scary legal process been reduced to a kinder, gentler series of mouse clicks and ‘Continue’ buttons by LegalZoom, the online leader that has become so prominent in its market that it’s practically a generic. Lynda Resnick
I am probably the last of a generation able to gain an education in country music by osmosis, by sitting in a ’64 Ford banging the buttons on the radio. Dwight Yoakam
You have to get the casting right. You have to get the people behind it. Your director might not be the right director for the project. And then, it has to test and those people in that room, wherever they are, have to turn those buttons the right way at the right time. Diego Klattenhoff
Many times, people would react to the fact that I looked different, and I would think that there was something wrong with me – that maybe one of my shirt buttons was undone or something. It took 20 or 30 years to get used to it. Carel Struycken
So much of the music I love is polarizing. People might either hate it or love it, but they remember it because it was different. That means it was pushing buttons and not just following trends. Aubrie Sellers
Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people’s buttons. Travis Bradberry
Belly buttons were a big battle of mine. Down at the syndicate, they would clip them out with a razor blade. I began putting so many of them in, in the margins and everywhere, that they had a little box down there called ‘Beetle Bailey”s Belly-Button Box. The editors finally gave up after I did one strip showing a delivery of navel oranges. Mort Walker
We have a family dynamic – more like brothers and sisters than friends. So there can be a bit of competition, but there’s also love and respect. But there’s a thing to not push each other’s buttons. You know what the buttons are, so don’t push them. Kate Pierson
The law isn’t justice. It’s a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be. Raymond Chandler
Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn’t be comedy if it didn’t. Beth Behrs
It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are. Matt Lauer
You can push my buttons all you want and say whatever you want about me, and that’s fine… fighters do that. Michael Bisping
My kids live in a different environment than I did as a child. They’ve got privileges I didn’t have as a child, but they have disadvantages. They don’t see their mum as much. They see the threats that one gets. They live in a house where they’ve got panic buttons, and I’ve had to teach them about safety. Angela Rayner
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written. Mark Twain
I remember I used to think my dad was really cool working at a factory. He used to make buttons. I used to brag, ‘This button here, My dad made it.’ There was this sense of pride. It’s knowing your dad is doing something cool. Michael Pena
When you’re sitting in the basement trying to get on, you have no choice – you’ve gotta figure out how to make a song: ‘I’ve gotta bang on these buttons until it sounds good.’ Russ
I’m a man of different types of flavors and tastes. I like listening to things that inspire me. Older music, when instruments were being played, not just people hitting buttons. It’s manlier. You’re touching things to make sounds appear. Action Bronson
The truth is that I’m an idiot. I am. I don’t do things by the rules sometimes. I say things that I probably shouldn’t say. I push buttons. I deserve to be made fun of. And I feel like, as soon as you can make fun of something, it instantly removes the fear. Ashton Kutcher
I once had this idea that I wanted to make the perfect boxer short that’s not too long, not too short, with pearl buttons, made from real shirting fabric. They were coming in at $215. Well, not even the richest guy in the world is going to pay more than $125 for his underwear. Michael Bastian
My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O. Azita Ghanizada
There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I’m almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Your biggest risk isn’t failing, it’s getting too comfortable. Every day, we’re writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure and that’s made all the difference. Drew Houston
It’s sometimes said that I’m rebellious and I do things to push people’s buttons, but I just like the challenge. Marc Jacobs
I was always good at video games like ‘Guitar Hero,’ which require the player to press buttons at precise times. James Holzhauer
That’s why so much of the music today sounds so much alike, because there’s no in-between. So it’s kind of nice to still turn some buttons every now and then. Alan Vega
Writing is like sewing together what I call these ‘buttons,’ these bits and pieces. Sandra Cisneros
I have big hands. I can’t do the touch-screen thing. I’m a button guy. I want to press buttons. J. B. Smoove
Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating. Jonathan Anderson
What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn’t hit, he doesn’t run, he doesn’t throw, and he doesn’t catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and he selects which one he’ll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games. Earl Weaver
The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It’s like a robe, it’s like a kimono, it’s like a toga. It doesn’t have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print. Diane von Furstenberg
The problems with kids having short attention spans is driven by entertainment, reset buttons on games, games having to do with getting somewhere and heads blowing up. Everything is ‘cut to the chase, cut to the chase.’ Bill Cosby
Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything – hats, socks, shirts. It’s the first step in the process. Issey Miyake
And we’ve got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money – I hate to bring this up – are pushing hot buttons. Tony Campolo
I know I’m not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn’t interest me. I’m interested in being provocative and pushing people’s buttons. Madonna Ciccone
There’s a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there’s a sentimentality. Mandy Moore
I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker. Famke Janssen
My first proper job was as a commodities broker. I went off to work every morning in an ’80s power suit. I couldn’t afford a good one, so I’d buy nice buttons instead and make it look better than it actually was. Trinny Woodall
Not all drag queens but certainly the ones who empowered me, are people who pushed buttons, and poked fun at society from Leigh Bowery, to Lady Bunny and Divine. Sharon Needles
My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons. Don Johnson
The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I’m sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again. Tony Campolo
We know a great deal about the configuration of the menorah from the biblical book of Exodus. Beaten out of solid gold, the ancient candelabrum boasted six branches emerging from a seventh, its central shaft. The menorah was adorned with golden buttons, cups, and flowers. Meir Soloveichik
Man, I hated school. I’d stare at the buttons on the teacher’s shirt the whole class. John Prine
I see electronic music as loads of monkeys pushing buttons and me being one of them. But I think my album ‘Timeless’ stands the test of time. Goldie
I prefer to create friction. Because if you’re not pushing buttons, you’re just making something pleasant; it’s probably been done before, and it’s not making anyone feel anything. Aubrie Sellers
The conundrum that I face on a daily basis is that I have two sons who have grown up watching ‘The Simpsons,’ so they know exactly what buttons to push. They know how Bart irritates Homer, and they use these lines against me to tell me that I’m not funny anymore. Matt Groening
One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is – the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons. Victoria Osteen
When should a man stop wearing sports jerseys? When the buttons of his White Sox top finally pop, like rivets on a distressed ocean liner? When the pinstripes of his Yankees shirt have grown wider at the midsection than at the top, as the longitudinal lines on a globe? Steve Rushin
If you want me to perform in Silver Lake – where it looks like ‘Vice’ magazine threw up everywhere, where all the men are wearing V-necks to their belly buttons, salmon pants, and carrying a screenplay – I’ll do it, because they might appreciate a Banksy joke I can’t do anywhere else. Ali Wong
I like to say what I think, and if it happens to push buttons, sorry. Miranda Lambert
I wear a lot of second hand clothes unless I have a concert and then I wear beaded and sequined second hand clothes. No stylist dresses me although I do have a woman that assists me with the buttons. Chris Isaak
One of my favorite teachers is Osho, mainly because he liked to push people’s buttons just to get them to think and live outside of their comfort zone. Tara Stiles
The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you. Mario Andretti
I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys! Ike Barinholtz
I have siblings. And there are certain things I know that I can push their buttons. And they know they have certain things where they can push mine. Catherine Zeta-Jones
Facebook and Google are battling over who will be our gateway to the rest of the Internet through ‘like’ buttons and universal logins – giving them huge power over our online identities and activities. Rebecca MacKinnon
It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable. Barry Ritholtz
I have two belly buttons. Phillip Phillips
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them. Steve Jobs
My two earliest memories – earning little buttons on our skates when we learned how to skate from one end of the ice to the other and when I first lifted the puck. Hilary Knight
On ‘Rogue One,’ we had these sets with tiny little buttons that would light up when you pressed them, and screens full of graphics, and it really felt like you were driving a spaceship. The level of detail; you’ll be two meters away from where the action is, but there’ll be a little detail there just in case the camera catches it. Felicity Jones
This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want. Emilio Estevez
Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on. Camryn Manheim
As kids, we traded ‘I like Ike’ and ‘All the way with Adlai’ buttons in elementary school. Andrea Mitchell
I used to do Civil War re-enacting between the ages of 15 and 19. I was part of a unit that was considered very authentic. We would source the right wools, the right buttons for the costumes. We had the right look. Cary Fukunaga
We all press buttons in relationships, in our dealings with people, without thinking what it really means. We all knock along without questioning what kind of situation we’re in. We may often be in a very good one, but we don’t even appreciate the good situations. We’re lazy. Or we’re scared. Or we just don’t notice. Pauline Collins
I don’t push buttons to push buttons. Throwing the rebel card out there is really cheap. Kacey Musgraves
I would watch ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ and borrow a few lines here and there from guests like Red Buttons and Buddy Hackett to create a routine. Then I started getting invited to do political functions like the governor’s birthday ball or mayor’s dinner. Norm Crosby
I can’t cut out a piece of cloth and make a lovely dress, but I can mend tears in shirts and sew on buttons. Joanna Lumley
Magicians start by looking for blind spots, edges, vulnerabilities and limits of people’s perception, so they can influence what people do without them even realizing it. Once you know how to push people’s buttons, you can play them like a piano. Tristan Harris
I know everything that you can do with digital processing and digital editing inside and out, but I absolutely refuse to push the buttons and don’t even want to know how to load and unload the files. Tom Scholz
As athletes, when you find something that gets to someone you have to press their buttons. Linford Christie
After a few days with the iPhone X, I can begin to make out its themes. It’s a step towards fading the actual physical manifestation of technology into a mist where it’s just there – a phone that’s ‘all screen,’ one that turns on simply by seeing you, one that removes the mechanics of buttons and charging cables. Steven Levy
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good cardigan too, but a jacket – especially one with sharp shoulders, interesting buttons, or a unique collar – always looks the most fashion-forward. Nina Garcia
It’s always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it’s really about the person that’s pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. Dr. Dre
I am not a video game guy at all. Once it got past Super Mario Bros. and past two buttons, they lost me. I was like, ‘I do not have the abilities to be able to do this. It doesn’t work.’ Edge
I have a four year old and I’m telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn’t believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons. Nia Long