Subject: Appearance (Page 15)

Wrinkles: Something other people have… you have character lines.

Baroness Summerskill: Mr Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?
Cooper: Well, madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?

English boxing champion

He's grinning like a mule eating briars.

He looks like a bag of antlers.

You are 32, you are rapidly approaching the age when your body, whether it embarrasses you or not, begins to embarrass other people.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

I ain’t afraid to die fat… that’s my pallbearers’ worry.


The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.

(1889 – 1963) French poet, novelist, playwright, artist & filmmaker

If you have a funny costume, you can’t really wear it when you get older.

(1959 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & television host

Guys – if your pants are below your ass you have no right to accuse any lady of dressing slutty.

(1978 – ) American actress, writer & comedian

She looks better goin than comin!

The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Little things start to change in your life — like your socks start to get tight.

(1953 – ) American comedian & actor

Strapless Gown: A compromise between the law of decency and the law of gravity.

I don’t want to lose weight; my tongue and my taste buds are the only friends I got.

American stand-up comedian

Honey, beside me, you look like Tony Randall!

(1933 – 1967) American actress, entertainer & Hollywood sex symbol

I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.

(1933 – 2006) politician

I’ve never read an article of clothing.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The reason women don’t play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I was so ugly that my parents sent my picture to Ripley’s Believe It or Not: they sent it back and said, “We don’t believe it.”

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Smoking cures weight problems… eventually.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It's like I disprove evolution and intelligent design at once.

(1978 – ) American comic writer