Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

I don't understand that if you look wonderful, does that make you less important, less powerful, less serious?

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.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

For my writing, and because I love talking to young women about life, I often asked them which would they rather have - a father in the house with them while growing up or a big butt? I tell you 86 percent of the time, girls say a big butt because it gets them further.

Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.

And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.

I wonder if it is harder for a woman who was beautiful to get older or a woman who was never looked at.

Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

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

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Something in the human psyche confuses beauty with the right to be loved. The briefest glance at human folly reveals that good looks and worthiness operate independently. Yet countless socializing forces, from Aunt Clara to the latest perfume ad, reinforce beliefs like 'If I were pretty enough, I would be loved.'

The reason Jennifer Lawrence is allowed to be a body-positive role model to young girls and 'chubby' women is because she is representative of conventional beauty.

When my editor sent me the first two images of Joker's daughter, I was struck by how confident she looked despite her boney appearance and horribly scarred face. So I starting thinking, how did Duela gain such confidence in a world that prizes beauty?

Every girl likes feeling hot and sexy and beautiful and likes hearing it.

I have a book out called 'The Beauty Equation' and it discusses how off track we have gone in considering beauty.

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

Honestly, at the end of the day, what I want women to know is that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. And that it should not define who you are.

I think it would be interesting to know what it feels like to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

Everybody knows that I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world.

It's not all about having the perfect body, perfect hair, perfect smile.

There are many pretty people, and many are prettier than me.

If you're beautiful you don't need clothes. If you're ugly like me, you're like a house with no foundations; you need something to build you up.

I'm surrounded by young and beautiful people. I hate looking at ugliness.

Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.