Handsome Quotes - Page 13

• I 'd rather be handsome than homely; I 'd rather be youthful than old; If I can't have a bushel of silver I'll do with a barrel of gold.

  James Jeffrey Roche

  Gold, Silver, Barrels

  James Jeffrey Roche, “Contentment”

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• Jack furiously chopped vegetables. "Captain Dependable! Wait, we vetoed that one. The Divine Door Maker? Too much? Hmm...Handsome Hero, but maybe I should move away from alliteration. Something sleek. Our Lord and Master Jack.

  Kiersten White

  Moving, Hero, Doors

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• I've traveled all over the world for the Institute, but I never dreamed I'd meet someone like you." "Strong?" A chuckle escaped her. "Yes." "Handsome?" "Of course." "Sharp of wit and skilled with a sword?" "Absolutely." An other chuckle. "But I mean a man… friend… guy. Oh, I don't know what to call you!" He savored her amusement—and her earnest words. "Just call me yours. That is all I want to be." (Ashlyn and Maddox)

  Gena Showalter

  Strong, Mean, Men

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• Kami'd always retold her fairy tales to make the fair maidens braver and more self-sufficient, but she had never had any real objection to the handsome prince.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Real, Self, Fairy Tale

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Murdoc is sort of the, um, it’s his band. He sort of put Gorillaz together. It’s his idea. But he’s sort of an ugly, sort of, snaggle-toothed Satanist who didn’t actually get the job of being the lead singer ‘cause he isn’t very handsome. So, 2D got the job, which is always going to piss him off.

  Jamie Hewlett

  Jobs, Ideas, Together

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• We break our huddle and Eight immediately transforms into one of his massive avatars. His handsome features melt away, replaced by the snarling face and golden mane of a lion. He grows to about twelve feet, ten arms sprouting out of his sides, each of them tipped with razor-sharp claws. Nine whistles through his teeth. 'Now we're talking,' Nine says. 'One of your parents must've been a chimæra. Probably your mom.

  Pittacus Lore

  Mom, Eight, Talking

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• He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness of what he was. His mouth looked soft, his cheekbones as sharp as blades, and his jaw curved, giving him an off-kilter beauty. His black hair a mad forest of dirty curls.

  Holly Black

  Dirty, Hair, Giving

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.3, Hachette UK

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• I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.

  John Noble

  Men, Age, Hollywood

  "Fatherhood on the Fringe". Interview with Larry Getlen, www.aarp.org. November 18, 2010.

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• Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the unworthy, daily evoked by his personal defects, who with a handsome person would have sunk into the luxury of a careless life under the tranquillizing smiles of continual admiration.

  Thomas de Quincey

  Powerful, Men, Luxury

  Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields (1854). “De Quincey's Writings: Essays on philosophical writers and other men of letters. 1854-60. [v. 14 stereotyped”, p.142

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• Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.

  Josh Billings

  Beauty, Beautiful, Handy

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• All Southern women wished of their menfolk was simply to be 'like Paris handsome and like Hector brave'.

  Willa Cather

  Paris, Brave, Southern

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• But, bless us, things may be lovable that are not altogether handsome, I hope?

  George Eliot

  May, Lovable, Bless

  GEORGE ELIOT (1860). “ADAM BEDE”, p.152

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• Until I came along all the leading men were handsome, but luckily they wrote a lot of stories about the fellow next door.

  Gary Cooper

  Men, Doors, Stories

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.

  Rachael Taylor

  New York, Father, Inspiration

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Whereas I will be with a wicked, handsome Rom who will keep me warm all night.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Night, Wicked, Warm

  Lisa Kleypas (2008). “Seduce Me at Sunrise”, p.202, Macmillan

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• If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Beautiful, Women, May

  "The "Characters" of Jean de la Bruyère". Book by Jean de La Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, 1885.

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• Custom is, to think a handsome thing in private but tame it down in the utterance.

  Mark Twain

  Thinking, Utterance, Conformity

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)”, p.918, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Some people collect paperweights, or pre-Columbian figures, or old masters, or young mistresses, or tombstone rubbings, or five-minute recipes, or any of a thousand other things... My own collection is sunrises; and I find that they have their advantages. Sunrises are usually handsome, they can't possibly be dusted, and they take only a little room, so long as it has a window to see them from.

  Peg Bracken

  Tombstone, Long, People

  "I Didn't Come Here to Argue (The Sunrise Collector: What to Do till Your Horoscope Gets There)". Book by Peg Bracken (Fawcett Crest edition, p. 37), 1969.

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• Sometimes I wonder — if I were drop-dead handsome, and every woman I met actually dropped dead, would I ever get tired of it?

  Robert Breault

  Tired, Sometimes, Wonder

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• Eric Walrond, handsome, cosmopolitan, and beguilingly enigmatic, may have been the most promising literary talent of the Harlem Renaissance.... James Davis's finely written, beautifully paced Eric Walrond is a major biography of a fascinating figure.

  David Levering Lewis

  Eric, Renaissance, May

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• There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Attitude, Ugly, Prison

  Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.277, Oxford University Press, USA

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• At the same time as woman was becoming the showcase for wealth and caste, while men were slipping into relative anonymity and "handsome is as handsome does," she was emerging as the central emblem of western art.

  Germaine Greer

  Art, Men, Doe

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

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• John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.

  Kitty Kelley

  Country, Witty, Children

  "Capturing Camelot" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.

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• I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.

  Barbara Mertz

  Beautiful, Nice, Hero

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• I'm a very, very handsome man, and have had to come to terms with it... um, do I like the way I look? In the right light, and with a following wind.

  Rob Brydon

  Men, Light, Wind

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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