Cosmetics Quotes - Page 2

• Working in the entertainment industry exposes me to every current cosmetic fad.

  Connie Sellecca

  Fads, Entertainment, Currents

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• I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent.

  Erma Bombeck

  Europe, Literature, Accents

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• Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.

  Yoko Ono

  Beauty, Girl, Men

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• ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Science, Arsenic, Kind

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2357, Delphi Classics

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• I owe the quality of my skin to my cosmetic surgeon.

  Cindy Crawford

  Skins, Quality, Surgeons

  "Cindy owes her model beauty to her surgeon" by Daniel Dasey, www.smh.com.au. August 27, 2006.

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• I'm curious how you'll know it works. I assume it's mostly a cosmetic change.

  Scott Adams

  Insanity, Assuming, Curious

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• Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

  George Jean Nathan

  Women, Humor, Grows

  George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff (1998). “The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary”, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• I worked at the cosmetic counter at a fine department store

  Lita Ford

  Fine, Stores, Department

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• Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face.

  Austin O'Malley

  Heart, Sorrow, May

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• It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Firsts, Procedures, Painkillers

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• The more make up a woman wears the more she's tryin to hide. Make up can hide a lot of evil.

  Phil Robertson

  Evil

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• Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside

  Ricky Gervais

  Animal, Ugly, Tested

  FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Jul 11, 2014

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• Love is the most potent cosmetic.

  Saul Bellow

  Love, Love Is

  Saul Bellow (2015). “Mr. Sammler's Planet”, p.20, Odyssey Editions

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• There are no ugly women, only lazy.

  Coco Chanel

  Makeup, Lazy, Ugly

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• In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now.

  Roone Arledge

  Real, Past, Effort

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• Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being. The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Islamic, Home, Land

  "Depending on God" by Yasmin Mogahed, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2011.

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• I'm very lucky in that I have a good cosmetic surgeon.

  Sharon Osbourne

  Lucky, Surgeons

  "Less Factor: Sharon's Having Boobs Shrunk". www.mirror.co.uk. December 20, 2005.

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• A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

  Anton Chekhov

  Dealer, Entertainers

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• Indeed, among the lesser auxiliaries to success in love, an absence, the declining of an invitation to dinner, an unintentional, unconscious harshness are of more service than all the cosmetics and fine clothes in the world.

  Marcel Proust

  Fashion, Clothes, World

  Marcel Proust (2016). “The Guermantes Way”, p.461, Marcel Proust

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• I know what it feels like to be hurt,and I don't want to cause that pain to any other person or creature. But somehow, in society, we numb ourselves in order to make money or to feel better about ourselves, such as with cosmetics or food. We say to ourselves, I'm going to use this animal. I'm going to say it doesn't have much worth so that I can allow myself to do these cruel things. And that just isn't fair.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Hurt, Pain, Feel Better

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• ...if our humanity - our soul as a society - is overtaken by the materiel and cosmetic, there will be no hope of peace.

  Robert Redford

  Peace, Soul, Humanity

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• I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfections. If you could get outside yourself, borrow my eyes for just an instant... There is only beauty.

  Tessa Dare

  Lying, Eye, Mirrors

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• And in addition to its practical uses, it would seem to work for cosmetic purposes. This powder would make my very skin glimmer for eternity." Henry frowned. "Not eternity," he said, but then he brightened. "But I could make you up another batch whenever you please!" "I could shine at will!" Magnus grinned at Henry.

  Cassandra Clare

  Shining, Skins, Purpose

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.281, Simon and Schuster

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• 3 whole Catfish, Wrapped separately Veet (It’s for Shaving your legs Only you don’t Need A razor. It’s with all the Girly cosmetic stuff) Vaseline six pack, Mountain Dew One dozen Tulips one Bottle Of water Tissues One Can of blue Spray paint

  John Green

  Girly, Blue, Water

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.31, A&C Black

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• A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What would you say if a newspaper reporter, because of his fastidiousness or from a wish to give pleasure to his readers, were to describe only honest mayors, high-minded ladies, and virtuous railroad contractors.

  Anton Chekhov

  Honesty, Giving, Justice

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