#appear

Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#life #life

Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because unions are disappearing and because of the global nature of the economy. ↗

— Andy Stern

#because #both #disappearing #economy #global

When I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because he is the one the client will employ. I provide them with a head that is good enough, placed on a body they want. [...] The world is full of people who pay serious money for bad pictures by good artists. And mediocre heads on tall bodies. ↗

— Jo Nesbø

#brains #headhunting #money

To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#face #gift #handsomeness #looks #reading

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#character #simile #substance #character

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ↗

— Socrates

#desire #endeavor #gain #good #good reputation

When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#charm #fashion #fashion

I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#flaws #looks #pretty #meaning

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style. ↗

— Stephen Bayley

#both #manners #more #myth #reality

There were moments when I really just thought, I don't need anything and I don't need anyone. I just want to go away and disappear. ↗

— Shania Twain

#anything #away #disappear #go #go away