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

Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings.

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

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.

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.

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