Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The cardinal rule for hosting the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants is to expect the unexpected. — Bob Barker Copy Share Image
Just about every town in Texas has a beauty pageant. Ours was called The Dogwood Fiesta. I was in one of those.… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Since I wore a bikini at the Miss India pageant, I have no inhibitions wearing it on screen. — Neha Dhupia Copy Share Image
Modeling and pageants help me overcome feeling insecure about the way that I look and my height. — Katherine Webb Copy Share Image
Most women in pageants love the actual pageant - the competition, the show. They don't understand that it is actually a real… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
We debase the richness of both nature and our own minds if we view the great pageant of our intellectual history as… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
They always say the Miss America Pageant isn't a beauty contest, it's really a scholarship program. If that's the case, why don't… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
People think pageant girls are snotty, cutthroat, self-absorbed. Everybody that I meet in the industry is so kind, giving, and they are… — Nicole Johnson Copy Share Image
The Miss America Pageant reinforces a belief that women are merely how they look and how they please. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be blessed. I have a family that is a mix of different religions and different ethnicities. I hope… — Rima Fakih Copy Share Image
I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All the world's a stage. P.T. Barnum: It becomes a circus. But circuses or street pageants or parades have always been useful… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
Trump says that if he's elected, he won't let the presidency interfere with the Miss Universe pageant. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
My small jobs were basically... cut a ribbon somewhere or fly to be a judge in some pageant in Darjeeling. It was… — Dino Morea Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say there are alliances at the pageant, but I understand if you can't speak the language, you would want to… — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
Somewhere a woman is praying her toddler wins a beauty pageant. I say this because sometimes people wonder why God lets tornadoes… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
At the age of 18, I had participated in a beauty pageant. I represented India and won the title. That was my… — Koena Mitra Copy Share Image
Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
I entered beauty pageants in much the same spirit most people enter politics - with high ideals and ambitions. Similarly, I had… — Elizabeth Ray Copy Share Image
