Bradley Walsh

The 'Law & Order' audition was so last-minute. I was already in a shabby suit, the journey was a complete disaster, my train stopped early, it was raining, and I had to show the cabbie the way... I rushed in apologising, gave this terrible reading, and ended up telling my whole journey to them. I must have bored them to tears.

English Actor

Lawrence Osborne

I read Gide's 'The Immoralist' over and over as a teenager. I was obsessed with it. It's written with such simplicity and dread, and the desert, the shabby colonial world, is brought right into your consciousness without being over-explained.

British Novelist

Jason Bonham

As far as being a drummer, to me it's a positive that he's my father. To be mentioned alongside him... I mean, you Google his name and mine comes up, too - wow! Not too shabby.

English Musician

Jay Pharoah

Comedy did a lot of things for me. I mean, 'SNL'? Not too bad. Not too shabby with this comedy thing. I have really worked on my comedy and really upped it some notches.

American Actor

W. H. Auden

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.

English Poet

Willa Cather

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

American Author

Maria Callas

To me, the art of music is magnificent, and I cannot bear to see it treated in a shabby way.

Greek Musician

Jon Favreau

I'm not on chef level, but I'd make a good line cook. That's not too shabby.

Phil Collins

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.

Chuck Feeney

American Businessman

Use 'shabby' to describe objects that look battered due to age or neglect, hinting at a poor state.

Physical Condition

'Shabby' can have a vintage charm in some contexts, implying treasured but worn possessions.

Not Always Negative

Describing someone as 'shabby' may unintentionally suggest they have financial difficulties.

Economic Status

'Shabby' reflects a personal judgment of quality, which can vary between people.

Subjective Judgment

Using 'shabby' to describe work or actions can imply someone's lack of professionalism or effort.

Impacts Reputation

'Shabby' in social situations denotes contempt for someone's unethical behavior.

Moral Judgment

When describing actions, 'shabby' suggests deceit or manipulation, damaging trust.

Implies Dishonesty

Using 'shabby' can convey personal disappointment in someone's unfair actions or decisions.

Expressing Disappointment

 was trying to be a portal. Yes, there's a search function, but you also have weather, sports scores, bits of news. Google understood that if you're just a search engine, people assume you're a very, very good search engine. All of you know this, actually, from when you go in to buy a television, and in the shabbier end of the row of flat-screen TVs,

Rory Sutherland:...

 or less was trying to be a portal yes there's a search function but you also have weather sports scores bits of news Google understood that if you're just a search engine people assume you're a very very good search engine all of you know this actually from when you go in to buy a television and in the shabbier

Perspective is...

 where we're going to have glittering technologies embedded in kind of a shabby society and supported by an economy that generates inequality instead of opportunity. But I actually don't think that's what we're going to do. I think we're going to do something a lot better for one very straightforward

What will future jobs...

 Nevertheless, you're going to go into this building, you're going to walk down this hall, you're going to go through the door, and you're going to find yourself in a very shabby apartment. The floors are splintered, the walls are peeling,

Early forensics and...

 surprised that I can get as close as this the you know for general public I know that the President and mrs. Obama are kind of really bummed that they're not getting to meet with me I was just too busy today not a shabby place it may

Welcome to Washington PIPE...

 Nicola wants to see a picture as I said there weren't the best pictures I haven't even looked at all of them yet but because it's just the worst time of the day that one's not too shabby and that was just after it took off right I

Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...

 That one's gone as well. And today is Emmanuel's day, I think we've agreed that, already, haven't we? Emmanuel? Absolutely. I was planning on finishing on a dance So, that's going to look pretty shabby now.

Rory Bremner's one-man...

 access really crappy sanitation the toilet that Hannah's family used the only one in her neighborhood was a shabby and unhygenic pit at night when it wasn't safe to venture out even to

Why We Need To Talk Shit...

 A shabby man named Estragon, sits near a tree at dusk and struggles to remove his boot. He’s soon joined by his friend Vladimir, who reminds his anxious companion that

Why should you read...

 I was taken to a really shabby sort of area and just put in what they would call a hostile it was dingy there was a