Now, I'm not saying I'm fashionable, but there are sociological interests that matter to me, things that are theoretical, political, intellectual and also concerned with vanity and beauty that we all think about but that I try to mix up and translate into fashion. Miuccia Prada
What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway? Julie Burchill
Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Julie Burchill
The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s and then lose it most of us have it not at all. And that's perfectly okay. But lying to yourself that you have it when you don't seems to me simple-minded at best and psychotic at worst. Julie Burchill
What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven. Julie Burchill
Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable. Julie Burchill
I've always thought of beauty therapy, 'alternative' treatments and the like as the female equivalent of brothels - for essentially self-deceiving people who feel a bit hollow and have to pay to be touched. Julie Burchill
These women whose antics we smirk at good-naturedly in the pap-traps put themselves out there at least partly on their beauty they are in showbiz, and showing what they've got is part of their business as much as it is for male show-ponies from the Chippendales to George Clooney. Julie Burchill
Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror. Pamela Anderson
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. David Allan Coe
One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well. Ed Rendell
Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving. George Henry Lewes
I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold. Howard Lindsay
People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty. Shirley Manson
I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. George Saunders
Physical beauty is such a strange thing. Jock Sturges
I was kind of a jock in school. Beauty wasn't something I spent a lot of time on. Nina Dobrev
I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. Zoe Saldana
My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking. Christopher Meloni