Quotes About Self-image

What I detest is the way our breasts go out sideways when we get older. They look as if they're tired of one another's company.

occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt.

Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldn't look at myself.

It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center.

I always felt sorry for humans, spending so much time in front of the mirror. Fixing their hair, makeup, and clothes, mostly to impress others. Did they really see themselves in the mirror? Was it what they wanted to see? Did it make them feel good or bad? And mostly I wondered if they based their self-image on their reflected one.

I'd like to look like Madonna when I'm her age. I also look at athletes and love their bodies. I've always wanted to be muscly, not skinny. A lot of women yo-yo around, but I'm always aware if I'm getting a bit out of shape. I never look at the scales but I can just tell. It goes on my tum and bum.

I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.

No me gusta ni mi cara ni mi nombre. Bueno, las dos cosas han acabado siendo la misma. Es como si me encontrara infeliz dentro de este nombre pero sospechara que la vida me arrojó a él, me hizo a él y ya no hay otro que pueda definirme como soy".

Règle d'or : laisser une image incomplète de soi...

Si l'on pouvait se voir avec les yeux des autres, on disparaîtrait sur-le-champ.

a golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

As a model, I needed makeup. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It leveled my playing field.

If one day I have wrinkles and I don't like it, I don't know if I'll cut myself but maybe... a little botox, fillers?

The trouble with waking up in the morning is that you look like who you are. That's great if you like who you are – not so great if you don't.

It was always easier to believe the bad stuff people thought about you than the good.

If you feel defined by any job, your self-image isn't solid enough.

Staying thin wasn't just a losing battle with Cosette but a series of skirmishes in which about fifty percent of the time her side won.

Ivo had grown more and more like one of those characters in his books who are always groaning about their miserable fate in helplessly loving someone unworthy of their love. Maugham never says much about what that's like for the poor old unworthy object. I could have told him. It's not exactly uplifting for the self-image.

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.

Mums Augen waren trocken, wahrscheinlich weil sie sich für eine Expertin im Weinen hielt und keine Übung brauchte.

Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues.

I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation.

In my 40s, I expect to finally reap the average-looking girl's revenge. I've entered the stage of life where you don't need to be beautiful; simply by being well-preserved and not obese, I would now pass for pretty.