Russell Smith Quotes

The word 'superficial' comes with such negative connotations, suggesting that whatever it is applied to has no value. But the emotional pull of beauty for its own sake cannot be underestimated.

Beauty ain't always a little, cute colored flower. Beauty is anything where people be like, 'Damn.'

There is nothing more practical than the preservation of beauty, than the preservation of anything that appeals to the higher emotions of mankind

I understood early that beauty was power.

Contrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.

Beauty is heaven's gift, and how few can boast of beauty.

Beauty (was)a gift which, in the eyes of New York, justified every success, and excused a certain number of failings.

Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.

A good form strikes all eyes pleasantly, long before they have any science on the subject; and a beautiful face sets twenty hearts in palpitation, prior to all consideration of the mechanical proportions of the features and head.

Were they beautiful? We were all beautiful. We were in our twenties.

For a woman to be considered a celebrated beauty is not exactly a bad thing. I think we have to say that in all reality.

Money enhances a man, yes, as beauty enhances a woman.

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.

The first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty.

The test of beauty is whether it can survive close knowledge.

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones.

The power of the Latin classic is in character , that of the Greek is in beauty . Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.

I would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I'm perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.

Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes!

Tho' Beauty is generally the creature of fancy, yet are there some who will be Beauties in every eye.

An appearance of delicacy, and even fragility, is almost essential to beauty.

A pretty girl is certainly comparable to a good horse.

Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.

Happiness and Beauty are by-products.