List of Helen Gurley Brown Quotes

Sometimes I Wonder If I'm Doing Everyone A Disservice By Perpetuating The Idea That Beautiful Is Better Than Plain, Because Having Done Everything Just About That You Can Do, Sparing No Expense, And Not Effort, To Become Better Looking, I Know That Only So Much Can Be Done.

I Think I'm A Fairly Average Person, I Think I Have Only A Medium Iq. I Didn't Go To College, Obviously.

I've Just Been So Lucky. I Don't Know If You're Really Able To Take Advantage Of Your Full Potential Until You're Older. There Are A Few People Who Are Incredibly Gifted And Make It When They Are Very Young, But I Didn't. With Women It Takes Longer. You Just Keep Working And When You Finally Get It, It Feels Very, Very Nice.

There Are Not That Many People Who Know How To Edit. It's A Funny Tiny Little Obscure Talent But It's Very Special. You Have To Have The Feeling Of Popular Taste.

It's Unrealistic To Think You Can Only Have One Good Product. People Are Not That Poor. They Can Buy What They Want.

I Just Had The Idea That All The Covergirls Should Be Gorgeous, And Not Just Interesting, Not Beautiful In An Offbeat Or Exotic Way, Just Plain Yummy Gorgeous.

Being Somebody Is Better Than Not Being Somebody Vis à Vis What You Want Out Of Life. If You Want To Talk To Interesting People And Have Them Talk To You, And If You Want Enough Money To Live Someplace Pleasant And To Go On Trips And Be Able To Help People You Love, You Simply Have To Be Somebody.

I Think You Keep Two Sets Of Books. In One Set, You Record The Truth -- How Well You Are Really Doing. This Is The Secret Set -- Just For You And Loved Ones. In The Other Set Are More Modest Entries And Statements, And These Are For Public Consumption!

One Of The Paramount Reasons For Staying Attractive Is So You Can Have Somebody To Go To Bed With.

I Care. I Care A Lot. I Think Of Cosmopolitan All Day, And I Run Scared. So It's A Combination Of Fright, Caring And Anxiety.

When You Meet A Man, Don't You Always Idly Wonder What He'd Be Like In Bed? I Do.

Never Throw Anything Good Away -- Real Wool, Pure Silk. Put It Away And Wait For It To Come Back.