“The epithet beautiful is used by surgeons to describe operations which their patients describe as ghastly, by physicists to describe methods of measurement which leave sentimentalists cold, by lawyers to describe cases which ruin all the parties to them, and by lovers to describe the objects of their infatuation, however unattractive they may appear to the unaffected spectators.” MayBeautifulUsedPartyBeautyCasesObjectsColdLoversMethodPatientLawyerRuinsOperationsPhysicistInfatuationSpectatorsMeasurementSurgeonsUnattractiveGhastlyEpithetDescribe Me Author:George Bernard Shaw
“During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.” TryingIdeasSometimesAgeBeautifulStarsCareersHarderActressesGoldenPlentyMovie StarIconicGolden AgeUnattractiveBeing Beautiful Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful. On the other hand, there are faces which the multitude, at first glance, pronounce homely, unattractive and such as "Nature fashions by the gross," which I always recognize with a warm heart-thrill. Not for the world would I have one feature changed; they please me as they are; they are hallowed by kind memories, and are beautiful through their associations.” WorldFirstsHeartKindHandsBeautifulFacesPassionEvilMemoriesSawsFashionChangedPleaseWarmFeaturesSilverAssociationMultitudesThrillGlancesVeilsGrossHatefulHideousUnattractiveHomelyPlease MeWarm Heart Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.” WarBeautifulLiteratureSuccessfulCleverBreastsUglinessUnattractive Author:Graham Greene