Quotes About Appearance

Society is a revolving body which is apt to be judged according to its place in each man's heaven; and at present it was turning its illuminated face to Lily.

That Greiner house, now—a typical rung in the social ladder! The man who built it came from a MILIEU where all the dishes are put on the table at once. His facade is a complete architectural meal; if he had omitted a style his friends might have thought the money had given out. Not a bad purchase for Rosedale, though: attracts attention, and awes the Western sight-seer. By and bye he'll get out of that phase, and want something that the crowd will pass and the few pause before.

Her grey hair was arranged with precision, and her clothes looked excessively new and yet slightly old-fashioned. They were always black and tightly fitting, with an expensive glitter: she was the kind of woman who wore jet at breakfast. Lily had never seen her when she was not cuirassed in shining black, with small tight boots, and an air of being packed and ready to start; yet she never started.

If I were shabby no one would have me: a woman is asked out as much for her clothes as for herself.

you always look your age, down to the last minute

The Parisians looked at each other constantly but were more curious about each other's shoes than their sexual availability.

He looked out over the shirtless, muscled, tanned men and realised that right here, on this disco floor, there was such a concentration of fashion, slimming, money, bleaching, plastic surgery, psychotherapy – and all for naught. In a few years they'd all be old walruses, and in a few more, dead.

You're a right-looking eejit

I don't know what this great weight of hair is for. Our Lady would hardly approve it," she said as she passed on to the next girl.

my least favorite actress of all time, Helena Bonham Carter. I find her lack of a neck very off-putting and especially her acting.

He was quite a good-looking figure of a man.

a face like a crème brûlée after the first blow of the spoon

Anne came downstairs wearing a white cotton dress almost indistinguishable from the white cotton nightgown she had taken off.

Have you ever thought about Jesus' physical appearance? If you think about the paintings, he was a relatively handsome Dutchman. But if you think about a prophetic description, "he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2). To put it diplomatically, he didn't look like much, and sleepless nights filled with prayer vigils probably didn't help.

refractions of divine goodness are best identified, praised, and enjoyed. If their appearance is episodic and brief, and even if they are contaminated with selfishness or pride, don't let the unattractive features of someone's life blind you to the good.

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.

Late in November, Lenny took off for his eagerly anticipated job in Chicago. It had been nearly a year since he played the chilly city, and those who hadn't seen him for that period, or even longer, were shocked at the change in his appearance. The once handsome, animated, brilliant performer and commentator was now a fat, bent, shabby-looking street loafer, a horribly dissipated, baggy-eyed, numb-fleshed junkie, with a tragic darkness in his eyes.

The bottom line is this: With Narcissistic Superstars everything is always a transaction. If you want to get anything for yourself, you have to be as much like one of these stores as possible. Look good, suck up, and price yourself way above the market. Always remember that the more something costs, the more vampire Superstars will want it.

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said, the LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. —Judges 6:12

A blonde woman, be she dull or anything else, appears superior to any brunette.

The dogs were kept in kennel buildings and in wire "runs" like so many pedigreed cattle—looked after by paid attendants, and trained to do nothing but to be the best-looking of their kind, and to win ribbons. Some of them did not know their owners by sight—having been reared wholly by hirelings. The body was everything; the heart, the mind, the namelessly delightful quality of the master-raised dog—these were nothing.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

Non mi sconvolge che metta su famiglia della gente platealmente handicappata, minorata e deficiente, mi turba che la metta su della gente apparentemente sana.

Siempre lo mismo! ¡Siempre hay que aparentar la posesión de un fin! ¡Siempre el camino rectamente marcado!