John Steinbeck Quotes

I had fallen in love with California.

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me.

Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.

A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

The pearl of Africa.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

I could hardly believe that she really existed, that she wasn't a dream. There was something miraculous about Dorothy Stratten.

Santa Barbara's gorgeous. It's just a perfect little getaway.

The Maldives is truly a paradise on Earth.

I think the thing that strikes you when you come back to 'The Little Mermaid' after all of these years is the simplicity and innocence. That's in the look of it, and that's in the sound of it.

I have made of Sydney, to which I sailed in 1965, a paradise beyond the powers of fancy.

Brazil is a paradise.

Few have borne unconsciously the spell of loveliness.

Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before!

Charm is to a woman what perfume is to a flower.

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.

I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.

There are other things besides beauty with which to captivate the hearts of men. The Italians have a saying: "Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.

It is in their eyes that their magic resides.