Julie Burchill Quotes

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week.

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

Good looks only take you so far.

I was lucky not to have been born pretty.

We'd be nowhere without our looks.

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

People put too much emphasis on looks.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people.

When you have used your beauty to get around, it's like having extra cash in your back pocket. I was so used to walking down the street and having the young guys passing by at least give me a flicker of a look. But once you're over 40, you become invisible. You're a brick in the building, and it's sad.

My looks were good enough for what I needed in every possible way but not so much to be a burden.

When I was younger, I wanted to look cute.

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

Inner beauty is for amateurs.

It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of blinding,' he said. 'It actually did blind our friend Isaac,' I said. 'Terrible tragedy, that. But can I help my own deadly beauty?' 'You cannot.' 'It is my burden, this beautiful face.' 'Not to mention your body.' 'Seriously, don't even get me started on my hot bod. You don't want to see me naked, Dave. Seeing me naked actually took Hazel Grace's breath away,' he said, nodding toward the oxygen tank.

Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon.

I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like me.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Don't get caught up in the 'look' thing. Sometimes, we as men and women, the first thing that attracts us to someone is their physical appearance, and that's not always a good thing because what's good on the outside is not always good on the inside.

Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.