external presentation Quotes

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

On parties it's not about who you are. The real reason to which a party revolves is how good you look.

Outward appearances mean everything.

Everything we look at and choose is some way of expressing how we want to be perceived.

I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on this inside would would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does.

The body is more drest then the soule.

Appearance is a type of power.

A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one.

All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls.

When you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative.