Homely Quotes

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.

Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.