137 Ugly Quotes to Transform Your Perspective and Inspire Inner Beauty

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Famous Ugly Quotes

A true artist is an ugly man. — Osamu Dazai

I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness. — Imelda Marcos

The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot. — Homer

Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. - Redd Foxx

Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. — Redd Foxx

Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion. — Margaret Cho

There's something ugly about the flawless. — Dennis Lehane

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant. — Douglas Horton

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant. — Doug Horton

Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own. — Dorothy West

Ugliness is superior to beauty because it lasts longer. — Serge Gainsbourg

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone. — Dorothy Parker

Talk about beauty and you get boring answers, but talk about ugliness and things get interesting. — Rem Koolhaas

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious. - Samuel Richardson

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious. — Samuel Richardson

I have an ugly day every month; pimples on my face, I'm fat and in a bad mood. It's more like an ugly week! — Rihanna

Short Ugly Quotes

  • Every girl is beautiful, it's society that's ugly. — Oliver Sykes
  • You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious. — Lynn Viehl
  • People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly. — Banksy
  • Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win. — Enzo Ferrari
  • I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That's my intent. — Saul Bass
  • God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild. — John Muir
  • I am ugly but what I do have is charm. — Ronaldinho
  • To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. — Auguste Rodin
  • The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. — Thomas Henry Huxley
  • The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. — Thomas Huxley

Ugly Image Quotes

Ugly quote It's better to be late, than to arrive ugly
It's better to be late, than to arrive ugly
There are no ugly women, only lazy ones. - Helena Rubinstein quote

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones. — Helena Rubinstein

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. - John Steinbeck quote

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. — John Steinbeck

Being an ugly woman is like being a man. You're gonna have to work. Yep. - Sayings quote

Being an ugly woman is like being a man. You're gonna have to work. Yep. — Sayings

Ugly quote Don't ever let a guy make you feel ugly, because no matter what you're beautiful withor without him
Don't ever let a guy make you feel ugly, because no matter what you're beautiful withor without him
My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly - Scott Westerfeld quote

My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly — Scott Westerfeld

Insensitivity makes arrogance ugly; empathy is what makes humility beautiful. - Renford Reese quote

Insensitivity makes arrogance ugly; empathy is what makes humility beautiful. — Renford Reese

Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 3000 B. C. - W. C. Fields quote

Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 3000 B. C. — W. C. Fields

Ugly quote The poor pessimist live an ugly life.
The poor pessimist live an ugly life.

You So Ugly Quotes

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is ugliness. — Rodney Dangerfield

You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream. — Frank Zappa

And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long. — Sylvia Plath

Ugly quote Always remember it's better to arrive late than to arrive ugly.
Always remember it's better to arrive late than to arrive ugly.

So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly. — Pema Chodron

I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie. — Ennio Morricone

If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Ugly quote A woman with good shoes is never ugly.
A woman with good shoes is never ugly.

I love Sweden. In Sweden, the women are just so hot. Their vibe is so amazing. You feel like every girl out there was genetically altered to just be hot. I did not see one ugly woman out there, it was just a line of continuously hot girls. — Kid Cudi

If we don't move forward with regard to creating a non-racial society in South Africa and we allow this legacy of apartheid to persist, these divisions between black and white in wealth and income and so on, in the future you would indeed have an ugly upheaval. — Thabo Mbeki

Alcohol does not make ugly people attractive. It makes it so you could care less that they're ugly. — Doug Stanhope

Leo took out a pen and autographed the arm of one of the nymphs. “Narcissus is a loser! He’s so weak, he can’t bench-press a Kleenex. He’s so lame, when you look up lame on Wikipedia, it’s got a picture of Narcissus—only the picture’s so ugly, no one ever checks it out. — Rick Riordan

Beautiful Ugly Quotes

It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. — Swami Vivekananda

To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly. — Marilyn Monroe

Don't ever let the media tell you what your body is supposed look like. You're beautiful the way you are. Stay beautiful, keep it ugly. — Gerard Way

Ugly quote A woman with good shoes is never ugly
A woman with good shoes is never ugly

But love, whether in Multan or on Siberia's icy tundra, whether in the winter or the summer, whether among the rich or the poor, whether among the beautiful or the ugly, whether among the crude or refined, love is always just love. There's no difference. — Saadat Hasan Manto

After rain comes sunshine; After darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy; there is no joy without its admixture of sorrow. Behind the ugly terrible mask of misfortune lies the beautiful soothing countenance of prosperity. So, tear the mask! — Obafemi Awolowo

I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it. — Alexander McQueen

Ugly quote Never trust a woman in ugly shoes
Never trust a woman in ugly shoes

Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused. — Alan Cohen

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false, and the false with the true. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it. — Oscar Hammerstein II

Chumps prefer a beautiful lie to an ugly truth. — Iceberg Slim

Feeling Ugly Quotes

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. — John Stuart Mill

I think a woman feels ugly when she's got the wrong man at her side. I've felt ugly and insecure. — Irina Shayk

Don't ever let a guy make you feel ugly, cause no matter what... you're beautiful with him or without him. — Wiz Khalifa

Do you know how an ugly woman feels? Do you know what it is to be ugly all your life and inside to feel that you are beautiful? It is very rare. — Ernest Hemingway

When I tried to imagine being beautiful, I could only imagine living without the perpetual fear of being alone, without the great burden of isolation, which is what feeling ugly felt like. — Lucy Grealy

I've spent so much time feeling ugly and being treated as ugly as a result. But I changed my attitude and said, “I’m beautiful because I love everybody as much as I can. I’m beautiful because I have wonderful friends. And I’m beautiful because I say I am. I’ve earned it, and I’m gonna be it. — Margaret Cho

I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they're surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable. — Robert Rauschenberg

I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much. — Sayings

Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as well as nobility and purity of mind. — Shinichi Suzuki

Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes. — J. D. Salinger

I Am Ugly Quotes

After all, what would be "beautiful" if the contradiction had not first become conscious of itself, if the ugly had not first said to itself: "I am ugly"?. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Insecurity is an ugly thing. It makes you hate people you don't even know. — Drake

I was always told I was ugly. I still think I am ugly. I know I've got an odd face and you can't tell me otherwise. — Mika

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly. — Winston Churchill

It's quite simple: If someone says UR beautiful, believe them. If someone says UR ugly, don't believe them. — RuPaul

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays. — John Hodgman

I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak about goodness and beauty, even when my inner eye still looks for someone to accuse or something to call ugly. — Henri Nouwen

I am sure no other civilization, not even the Romans, has showed such a vast proportion of ignominious and degraded nudity, and ugly, squalid dirty sex. Because no other civilization has driven sex into the underworld, and nudity to the W.C. — D. H. Lawrence

I don't think I am beautiful. I can look good and I can look ugly. — Penelope Cruz

I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features. — Audrey Hepburn

You Are Not Ugly Quotes

Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way. — Pete Townshend

I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that. — Woody Guthrie

Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I bet you’re not dangerous at all, are you? Are you, you great ugly brute? — J. K. Rowling

Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people... the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life... they are mean and they want to kill you. — Karl Lagerfeld

I allowed social media to define what I thought of my body. And now I realize that no matter how thin you are, someone will call you fat. No matter how beautiful you are, someone will call you ugly. But you can't spend your time worrying about that. You're just not going to please the world. — Demi Lovato

I don't read the comments anymore, unless they are moderated. Which is not to say censored, but I don't need to read someone saying, "You're ugly." — Roxane Gay

Why are you still wearing...?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?" David rolled his eyes and Shay said quietly, "David's never had any surge at all. But I wouldn't use the word ugly...Tally might eat you. — Scott Westerfeld

As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV. — Marc Almond

If you have to release bad news to the public, it would help if you are not ugly. — Mitch Hedberg

You're Not Ugly Quotes

I think if we can't use the word feminist, if it's some kind of taboo or dirty word, or means you're ugly, or you're angry, or you're not dateable [laughs], then you've just reduced the language by a whole concept. — Ani Difranco

To me, that ugliness, that grotesqueness - that's the essence [of life]. That's where you realize, it's not about all the consonance and the harmony. It's all the parts that are wrong that help explain why we're drawn to something - what the mystery is - just as much as the beautiful things. — Carrie Brownstein

It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell? — Timothy Olyphant

As an actor, you may do things that aren't politically correct. Unless you're an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don't do the good, bad, and the ugly, we're not going to progress. — Rosie Perez

You can have 100 people tell you how beautiful you look, and one person will say, "God, did you sleep last night?" Not even "You're ugly," but "Did you sleep?" and you're all of a sudden like, "What?!" And the whole day that's what you'll remember. — Khloe Kardashian

I think it's really important to always own up to the things that you're not good at and the feelings that you have which are ugly. — Kate Nash

Girls are always like, 'Oh, you're much better-looking in person than in pictures.' I'm kinda like, 'Er, thank you? I think? As in, I'm not as ugly as you thought?' — Kid Rock

It was really hurtful to me. I get so much mail from young girls who say, 'I look up to you, you're not as skinny as everyone else, I think you're beautiful.' So when they say that my body is 'ugly' and 'disgusting,' what does that make those girls feel like? — Tyra Banks

You're not the ugly one. Levi Grinned. You're just the Clark Kent... ... Will you warn me when you take off your glasses? — Rainbow Rowell

Don't pretend", I say Breathily. "You know I'm not. I'm not ugly, but I am certainly not pretty." "Fine. You're not pretty. So?" He kisses my cheek. "I like how you look. You're deadly smart. You're brave. — Veronica Roth

Ugly Betty Quotes

When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively. — America Ferrera

I never thought I'd say this, but I miss voter fraud. — Jon Stewart

I probably can't stand you, but that doesn't mean I don't love you. — Seth Harris

I like to do variations of all kinds of different work. One of my roles in Israel was for the theatre - Romeo & Juliet. So from that role I went to - I was playing, I believe her name was Amanda in the U.S., on "Ugly Betty." — Meital Dohan

Ugly Betty' has been the most important thing I've ever done, easily. I was able to do more with one character than I can ever imagine doing again - Hilda was hilariously funny and emotionally deep... I really got to showcase what I could do with a character. — Ana Ortiz

I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it. — Ana Ortiz

I never try to avoid 'Ugly Betty' fans, as I love them. — Michael Urie

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More Ugly Quotes

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too. — Rodney Dangerfield

Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance — Al-Ghazali

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. — Elie Wiesel

The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design. — Massimo Vignelli

The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality. — Eazy-E

If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn't have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable. — Gabourey Sidibe

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion. — Yohji Yamamoto

There is no such thing as an ugly woman - there are only the ones who do not know how to make themselves attractive. — Christian Dior

You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house. — Renzo Piano

People would see a lot of times fighting as a ugly thing, as a thing that denigrates the human being. In reality, you see fighting on everything... Everything's fighting. Doesn't matter what it is. You wake up in the morning, to get out of bed is a fight, believe it. So, fighting is actually the best thing a man can have in his soul. — Renzo Gracie

There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality. — Audrey Hepburn

I like to go to bars and bang really ugly girls, I just like to, I'm just a sick guy. — Dean Ambrose

I don’t think we’ll ever get to the 2024 election! I think things are going to implode in Washington before then. Our economic financial condition is fragile. It’s going to come home to roost in ugly ways. — Douglas Macgregor

Words are the vibrations of nature. Therefore, beautiful words create beautiful nature. Ugly words create ugly nature. This is the root of the universe. — Masaru Emoto

In Conclusion

Quotes about ugly can also shed light on the societal pressure to conform to conventional beauty standards. These quotes challenge the notion that there is a single definition of beauty and encourage embracing uniqueness. They remind us that true beauty lies in being authentic and true to oneself, rather than conforming to external expectations. These quotes can inspire self-acceptance and help us redefine our understanding of beauty beyond surface-level judgments.

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