Homely Quotes

59 quotes by 54 authors

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. — Martha Beck
My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The… — Michael Caine
But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes… — Henry David Thoreau
Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up… — Bruce Catton
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. — William Shakespeare
Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face. — William Wordsworth
I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl. — Kristen Bell
I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely? — Dolly Parton
I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas. — Myrna Loy
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward. — Minna Antrim
Dear Lord, who made the face of me not all that I would have it be, not really homely, only plain, but strong and patient… — Ruth Perry
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces. — Austin O'Malley
The practice of kindness is the daily, friendly, homely caring form of love. It is both humble-a schoolboy bringing his teacher a bouquet of dandelions-and… — Dawna Markova
My themes will not be far-fetched. I will tell of homely every-day phenomena and adventures. — Henry David Thoreau
Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky. — Roger Tory Peterson
There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy. — Hope Mirrlees
There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of the characters of… — Brander Matthews
There are a lot of homely women in women's studies. Preaching these anti-male, anti-sex sermons is a way for them to compensate for various heartaches--they're… — Christina Hoff Sommers
Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our… — Samuel Longfellow
I'm too homely for a prima donna and too ugly for a soubrette. — Marie Dressler

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