Beauty draws us in. We can't stop looking or listening or touching. It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness.

The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.

throughout human history people have scarred, painted, pierced, padded, stiffened, plucked, and buffed their bodies in the name of beauty.

The formula for a happy marriage is five positive remarks, or interactions, for every one negative.

Physical beauty is like athletic skill: it peaks young.

Beauty draws us in. We can't stop looking or listening or touching. It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness.

In Brazil there are more Avon ladies than members of the army. In the United States more money is spent on beauty than on education or social services.