Glasses
Appearance
glasses, also known as eyeglasses (formal) or spectacles, are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes. They are normally used for vision correction. Safety glasses are a kind of eye protection against flying debris or against visible and near visible light or radiation. Sunglasses allow better vision in bright daylight, and may protect one's eyes against damage from high levels of ultraviolet light. Specialized glasses may be used for viewing specific visual information (such as stereoscopy). Sometimes glasses are worn simply for aesthetic or fashion purposes.
Quotes
[edit]- The optimist looks at the world through rose-tinted spectacles.
- Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams.
- Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.- Dorothy Parker Enough Rope (1926) First printed in New York World, (16 August 1925)
- When you're a kid that sees through plastic
With a harness of elastic
So the girls all think you're icky
And the boys all think you're queer- John Sebastian, Four Eyes