Leonard Mlodinow Quotes

Anyone that says looks don't count is lying.

Anyone that says looks don't count is lying. Of course they do. Even babies go to the attractive face. It's the way humans work.

She studied him for a few more seconds. “You look too pretty to be useful.” I gasped in spite of myself. Adrian chuckled and shook her hand. “Truer words were never spoken,” he said.

Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.

I think looks do matter on television.

Obviously, there's more to aesthetic appearance than just race, but that is going to be the first thing that someone notices when they look at a picture.

I think we're all guilty of judging, and I look a certain way - I wear a lot of make-up and fake tan.

Nothing. It just finds you a lot more attractive than it does most Humans. What can you do with a beautiful woman that you can’t do with an ugly one? Nothing. It’s just a matter of preference.

Being eye candy always was a short-term career, and here's the reason. The world finds young women more attractive than old women because youthfulness signals fertility.

The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.

Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon.

Beautiful people are always with us, as evolutionary psychologists and a trip to the news-stand confirm.

Not everyone is equally good-looking.

Our eyes and brains pretty consistently like some human forms better than others. Shown photos of strangers, even babies look longer at the faces adults rank the best-looking.

It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears.

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.

I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.

'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.

Why is it that the hot chicks never can sing?

It's always nice to have people say you're good-looking. But I do get told I'm not right for parts because I'm too good-looking.

Some guys say beauty is only skin deep. But when you walk into a party, you don't see somebody's brain. The initial contact has to be the sniffing.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Relying on the face might be human nature - even babies prefer to look at attractive people. But, of course, judging someone based on the geometry of his features is, from a moral and legal standpoint, no better than judging him based on the color of his skin.