In Brazil there are more Avon ladies than members of the army. In the United States more money is spent on beauty than on education or social services. Votes: 14
Beauty ensnares hearts, captures minds, and stirs up emotional wildfires. From Plato to pinups, images of human beauty have catered to a limitless desire to see and imagine an ideal human form. Votes: 11
Appearance is the most public part of the self. It is our sacrament, the visible self that the world assumes to be a mirror of the invisible, inner self. Votes: 9
The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it. Votes: 5
The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth. Votes: 5
Physical beauty is like athletic skill: it peaks young. Votes: 5
When abused children under court protection were studied in California and Massachusetts, it turned out that a disproportionate number of them were unattractive...abused kids had head and face proportions that made them look less infantile and cute. Votes: 3
Beauty draws us in. We can't stop looking or listening or touching. It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness. Votes: 1
Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings. Votes: 0
throughout human history people have scarred, painted, pierced, padded, stiffened, plucked, and buffed their bodies in the name of beauty. Votes: 0
The formula for a happy marriage is five positive remarks, or interactions, for every one negative. Votes: 0