Fran Lebowitz Quotes

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

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.

I was lucky not to have been born pretty.

I want to look beautiful.

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.

I'm no pin-up.

Well, I'm clearly not ugly.

I don't think I'm particularly beautiful at all.

I'm not as beautiful as a model.

I don't think my eyes are stunning as some people's are.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?

People put too much emphasis on looks.

Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.

I would rather be nuts than unattractive.

I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.

I'm not a stunning woman.

Looks are temporary and don't mirror what's inside. And usually, a great looking man is so vain. Maybe most good-looking women are too. I hope I'm not!

I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

One of the few advantages to not being beautiful is that one usually gets better-looking as one gets older; I am, in fact, at this very moment, gaining my looks.

I changed my thinking on the whole subject of what it is to be attractive. It's fine, but I know that ultimately what I am and who I am is not cheekbones and a jawline, if you catch my drift. I ultimately know that who I am is not directly proportional to abs or straight teeth.

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

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

Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.

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.