Quotes About Acceptance

Because something or someone looks or acts differently from us does not necessarily mean that it is ugly or bad.

I was considered an ugly duckling.

If I were old, fat and ugly, I don't know if anybody would be interested in me.

When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.

There are no ugly ducklings.

I made a point when I made the Ugly Casanova record to not write a song and then say, 'This is a Modest Mouse song' or 'This is an Ugly Casanova song.' The people who were open to it not being a Modest Mouse record liked it.

In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!

People threw food at me and sang songs about how ugly I was.

My sisters said, Why do you make those faces? You make yourself so ugly.

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

Tammy Faye said, I am so happy that Jessica Hahn is so ugly, because now I don't feel so bad.

When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.

I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.

It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter.

I never thought I was pretty enough. I was kind of tall and lanky. I don't mind it now, but back in the day I hated it. I would tell myself that what I think is ugly at 17 is actually what's going to be pretty about me later.

I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much.

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything.

My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.

When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.

Women must know themselves better than anyone. If you have ugly legs, wear long dresses. If you have long, great legs, show them.

As a teenager, I was teased at school about my height and long legs, but now they are my best assets. Kids can be mean. When I was at school, I considered myself ugly, but that was when I was silly enough to believe that what other people thought mattered. Now I think I am pretty. I'm not beautiful. There is a difference.

I was always told I was ugly. I still think I am ugly. I know I've got an odd face and you can't tell me otherwise.

My hair's naturally dirty-dishwater light brown. Ugly.

With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.