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Handsome Quotes

Looks are only part of the story.

These lines push back against the idea that being conventionally handsome is required for happiness or likability. Explore more in Attraction quotes.

When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'

Quotes by Adam Driver

I never thought of myself as handsome.

Quotes by Willie Aames

Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.

Quotes by William Wycherley

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

Quotes by William Shatner

Appearance Quotes

'Mustanging' was like trout fishing. It is always the big ones that get away. When you did get a bunch of them into a corral, you found they did not look half so large and handsome as when they were...

Quotes by Will C. Barnes

I don't see myself as extremely handsome. I just figure I can charm you into liking me.

Quotes by Wesley Snipes

I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my 'spaceship' and it was my up, my down. I could choose...

Quotes by Warren Mitchell

I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one.

Quotes by Tony Shalhoub

I feel like the only person in the world who sees David Beckham modelling his swimming pants on the cover of Elle magazine and thinks - oh, how much better a handsome guy like you would look, David, without all...

Quotes by Tony Parsons

Attraction Quotes

It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy.

Quotes by Terence Stamp

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.

Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

He was wearing a tuxedo, and everyone was saying, 'Rich! Rich! Rich!' and asking him to sign autographs, and he just looked so composed and suave and handsome, and boom! All of the sudden, I thought, 'This could be OK.'...

Quotes by Suzy Shuster

I really like writing heroes who aren't necessarily 'Hollywood handsome.' Personally, I think men who are self-confident, intelligent, and funny are outrageously attractive - and my heroines tend to think that, too!

Quotes by Suzanne Brockmann

I think I'm not really into the handsome, chivalrous knight; I like the bad boys.

Quotes by Sophie Turner

Charm Quotes

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.

Quotes by Samuel Beckett

If you're making films in New Zealand, you can't avoid the landscape. It's certainly more handsome than I am.

Quotes by Sam Neill

I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.

Quotes by Sam Claflin

Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose.

Quotes by Rufus Sewell

I learned early on, having known the most handsome, successful, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, don't ever spend too much time looking in the mirror.

Quotes by Robert Stack

Emotion Quotes

Christy Turlington is my dream woman. I haven't met her, but she's married to Edward Burns, who is far more talented and handsome than I am, and I think she's out of my league!

Quotes by Robert Kazinsky

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Handsome quotes collection cover?
It questions how much looks really matter, weighing being handsome against charm, health, wit, and simple self-acceptance.
Why do people search for handsome quotes?
Readers often want reassurance that appearance is not the whole story, and this set offers exactly that kind of perspective.
Do any of these quotes reject the idea of being handsome?
A few speakers openly say they never saw themselves as especially handsome, yet still found other ways to be confident or likable.
Is wit mentioned alongside looks in these quotes?
Yes, one classic line argues wit matters more than beauty, and that a witty woman is never truly plain.
What related page pairs well with this one?
Try Charm quotes for more on personality over pure appearance.

One older line goes further, arguing that wit matters more than beauty in the end. Pair this with Charm or Appearance quotes.