quotations about appearances
Sure, if you're a very good-looking woman, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that your appearance is enough to get you through life. Not because "that's the way women are" (we all know that's not the case), but because women do have it rougher in this world. It's a man's world -- always has been -- and men (again, not all, but most) see women as objects, as a means to an end.
PAUL HUDSON
"Why Independent, Strong Women Make The Best Girlfriends", Elite Daily, February 29, 2016
Transforming your outward appearance will change how you feel on the inside.
ERIK BERTRAND LARSSEN
"Dress to kill: Looking your best can help you crush all of life's challenges", New York Daily News, March 4, 2016
But above all, in order to be, never try to seem.
ALBERT CAMUS
Notebooks, 1935-1951
I can imagine you being above the law, but I can't imagine you being above appearances.
ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK
"Christmas Roses"
Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.
MURASAKI SHIKIBU
The Tale of Genji
If we don't want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, we're stuck with the revolting alternative of being judged by our actions.
ELLEN DEGENERES
My Point ... And I Do Have One
The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look.
P. J. O'ROURKE
The New York Times Magazine, 1993
Don't let APPEARENCES fool you
Life's not what the rule book tells.
Don't let APPEARENCES fool you
Feel the vibes as well.
DONOVAN
"Appearances"
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
ALICE WALKER
attributed, All the Woman Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us are Brave
All hoods make not monks.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Merchant of Venice
Appearance is a type of power.
PATRICK ROTHFUSS
The Wise Man's Fear
All appearances have a determinate magnitude (the relation of which to another assignable). The infinite does not appear as such, likewise not the simple. For the appearances are included between two boundaries (points) and are thus themselves determinate magnitudes.
IMMANUEL KANT
Notes and Fragments
Keeping up appearances is an energy-sucking, never-ending vacuum of misery.
KARIN HURT & DAVID DYE
Winning Well: A Manager's Guide to Getting Results--Without Losing Your Soul
So what do the appearance choices you are making right now have to do with The Law of Attraction? A lot, because like it or not your appearance choices contribute to the way you feel about yourself and to the vibration you are emitting into the universe.
CAROL BRAILEY
"3 Steps to Align Your Appearance With the Law of Attraction", Huffington Post, January 24, 2015
People care about their physical appearance because it is tied to their perceptions of their social status. Specifically ... when people think that they are more physically attractive, they believe that they belong to a higher social class, independent of their actual level of physical attractiveness and objective social status. And the reverse is also true: When people think that they are less physically attractive, they believe they belong to a lower social class.
MARGARET NEALE
"How Your Appearance Is Affecting Your Behavior", Huffington Post, July 29, 2014
Appearances are often deceiving.
AESOP
Fables
Your appearance is the first career of your message.
KWESI KOOMSON
"Obinim is my mentor", Ghana Web, February 23, 2016
People who pay close attention to their appearance, looking put together at all the times, have a huge leg up in all arenas, from the work place to their personal relationships. Sure, there are exceptions. Think of the hoodie-wearing Silicone Valley exec or the Hollywood director in dungarees and dingy trainers -- though I might argue that those looks are also carefully crafted personas. Whatever look you choose for yourself, the important thing is that you nail it every time. This has nothing to do with vanity, materialism, or even style sense. Instead, it's about the very real fact that when you look your best, you're likely to perform the same way.
ERIK BERTRAND LARSSEN
"Dress to kill: Looking your best can help you crush all of life's challenges", New York Daily News, March 4, 2016