Handsome quotes
111 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside handsome — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"For me the future of the image is going to be in electronic form... You will see perfectly beautiful images on an electronic screen. And Id say that would be very handsome. They would be almost as close as the best reproductions."
"Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'"
"You're either my ship's cook-and then you were treated handsome-or Cap'n Silver, a common mutineer and pirate, and then you can go hang!"
"He was handsome then if never before, bound for one of those immortal moments which come so radiantly that their remembered light is enough to see by for years."
"Age had not made him less handsome, as is so often the case; it had simply made him less visible."
"How would I like to be seen? Very endearing, charming, intelligent, handsome."
"I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa."
"But, bless us, things may be lovable that are not altogether handsome, I hope?"
"As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome."
"Custom is, to think a handsome thing in private but tame it down in the utterance."
"He is also handsome," replied Elizabeth, "which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete."
"She knew, of course that she was being supremely unfair, that Franz was the best man she ever had- he was intelligent, he understood her paintings, he was handsome and good-but the more she thought about it, the more she longed to ravish his intelligence, defile his kindheartedness, and violate his powerless strength"
