Quotes About Appearance

I'm not that bad, " he said. "I'm rich, popular. I have a sense of humor. I'm good looking, and not to mention I have a really big—

He better call Becky with the good hair.

What a rebellious act it is to love yourself naturally in a world of fake appearances.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

The man who is satisfied with mediocrity needs but few clothes. It may be true, as a well known poet has said, that "clothes do not make the man," but no one can deny the fact that good clothes go a very long way toward giving him a favorable start.

Success attracts success! There is no escape from this great universal law; therefore, if you wish to attract success make sure that you look the part of success, whether your calling is that of day laborer or merchant prince.

An appearance of prosperity attracts attention always, with no exceptions whatsover. Moreover, a look of prosperity attracts "favorable attention," because the one dominating desire in every human heart is to be prosperous.

Just what young Barnes said to Mr. Edison on that occasion was far less important than that which he thought. Edison, himself, said so! It could not have been the young man's appearance which got him his start in the Edison office, for that was definitely against him. It was what he THOUGHT that counted. If the significance of this statement could be conveyed to every person who reads it, there would be no need for the remainder of this book.

An appearance of prosperity attracts attention always, with no exceptions whatsoever. Moreover, a look of prosperity attracts "favorable attention," because the one dominating desire in every human heart is to be prosperous.

Believe me, it is tough to deal with the social consequences of the appearance of continuous failure. We are social animals; hell is other people.

Wisdom in the young is as unattractive as frivolity in the elderly.

The appearance of busyness reinforces the perception of causality, of the link between results, and one's role in them.

It is the appearance of inconsistency, and not its absence, that makes people attractive.

The appearance of busyness reinforces the perception of causality, of the link between results and one's role in them.

one is more likely to be drinking poison in a golden cup than an ordinary one.

looks half my age though he is only slightly younger than I

Which of these two statements seems more likely? Joey seemed happily married. He killed his wife. Joey seemed happily married. He killed his wife to get her inheritance.

With few exceptions, those who dress outrageously are robust or even antifragile in reputation; those clean-shaven types who dress in suits and ties are fragile to information about them.

Pretty' doesn't mean 'good,' you know, Geneva. Real life isn't like fairy tales. 'Pretty' simply means that by accident you've got things arranged on your outside in an extra-pleasing manner. It doesn't tell a thing about your inside.

So, to their own unutterable torment, they go about among their fellow-creatures, looking pure as new-fallen snow, while their hearts are all speckled and spotted with iniquity of which they cannot rid themselves.

Do I look feeble to you Actually, yes. Well, looks can be deceiving. For instance, when I met you, I thought you look reasonably intelligent.

Man, Grandma, what big hair you have. The better to style with, my dear.

I'm kind of bothered to be with Mackenzie right now, because she happens to be sucking on her favorite candy—a blue Ring Pop. It makes her look much younger than almost-eleven, and makes me feel like I'm a babysitter. It's also embarrassing to be around someone whose entire mouth has turned blue.

The girl in green seemed mildly PanAsian