“In fiction, where so much of personality is revealed, the absence of charm is a great lack, ... and her critics, who have been, of course, mostly of the opposite sex, have resented, half consciously perhaps, her deficiency in a quality which is held to be supremely desirable in women. George Eliot was not charming; she was not strongly feminine; she had none of those eccentricities and inequalities of temper which give to so many artists the endearing simplicity of children.”
Virginia Woolf
“All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.”
Oscar Wilde
“The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.”
“Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.”
Mark Twain
“No charm, no humor, no wit -- and a personality which can only be described as 'icky.' ”
Conan O'Brien
“Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”
“That's how you get into leadership. It's not your personality or your charm. It's whether or not you can bring money to the party.”
Bill Allison
