Choosing between being clever or being good-looking

by Ivan-ac

This is an easy one. I would much rather be clever than good looking for many reasons. Not the least of which is that good looks tend to fade with age, while the clever often get even more clever with the increased wisdom ...read more

by Pilgrim

Would I rather be good-looking or clever? Can I be rather good-looking and just a little bit clever? Maybe I could be somewhat clever and just a tad good-looking? Well, I guess those probably aren't the rules, so I'm fo...read more

by Ry Moore

The mirror on the bathroom wall has asked me that question about a dozen times. In each instance my response to that query has been "Why can't I be both?" Being clever and good looking at the sane time is neither imposs...read more

by E. V. SHAW

I know men liked me for my good looks and sweetness and I thought I should go out with everyone of them so as not to disappoint them. That was when I was in my late teens. What a laugh! Oh, they brought me gifts and thi...read more

by Lucy Anne Stone

Thankfully, I don't have to decide(smiles)! Okay, in all seriousness, people don't have to choose, many people just abuse their situation. For example, many good looking people have been known over the years to take adv...read more

by Heather Geise

To be good-looking in your younger years is a blessing, while one could hope to become clever as the looks start to fade. Looks are never permanent, while the mind doesn't seem to deteriorate for quite some time. The way i...read more

by Deanne Phillips

"Gone with the Wind" begins, "...Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught in her charms..." Many said of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII's second wife, that she was not beautiful. With long ...read more

by Cassandra Grace Scroggs

Choosing between one of two extremes, that have no real relevance to each other. Hmmm...which shall I pick? Do I really even have a choice in the first place, and if i do, why not both? Being clever is one thing, being int...read more

by Helena Simpson

'Neither...I'd rather be rich! Then I'd be able to do both!' - Thank you so much for once again lowering my hope for human nature of the newer generations Sis. Yes, that was the actual response this question got from ...read more

by Court Moss

Hands down, I enjoy being clever. I was born clever and I will always be clever. It is all I have ever known. I don't even know how to behave 'good looking'. My appearance is pretty average; I am not worth a second glance ...read more

by Yoya

Well, I'm already both clever and good looking:) Or rather, I am neither, yet act like I'm both:) Now seriously, let me first tell you about my journey with beauty and brain. I was born a very pretty baby girl an...read more

by Shawna Blake

I would have to choose to be good-looking. Because if I were gorgeously breath-taking, then I wouldn't care how clever or smart, or witty that I was not as long as I owned a mirror. You see, you can always get smarter, we ...read more

by Amber Richards

I SEE DUMB PEOPLE...... Yes it's true, I do everyday! They are beautiful, elegant, head-turning, eye-popping, MORONS. Believe it or not, most people in today's society would rather be good looking than to have a brain. ...read more

by Ethel Smith

This is a very difficult question as ideally it would be lovely to be a bit of both, but not too much of either. If you are either clever or good looking usually the world is your oyster. Combine both and you should be lau...read more

by Stephan Lane

Clever or good looking? Clever in a heartbeat. What "looks good" is subjective and cannot be universal. A person can be good looking to one person and as ugly as a pair of mutilated, rotting feet to the next. There is ...read more

by Ryan Gray

This was an easy choice for me, since I am only familiar with one side of the debate. (More on that later.) Having fun is important and sharing that fun with others brings a smile to my face, too. One of the ways I like to...read more

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by Danielle Aguilar

Since the beginning of time society as been puzzled by the age old question: Is it better to be intelligent or good-looking? This question is especially debatable in the younger generations who feel the constant pressure t...read more

by Elena Kravtsova

It is too easy discussing the topic of being good and good-looking when you are pretty.Then it is easy to say that it is better to be good-looking.If you are not as good as they are,you will say that being good or clever ...read more

by Karey Grant

This group is so wonderfully rich with playful banter I doubt anyone would whole heartedly answer looks. What makes me turn my head is someone respectful, humble, and smart which in this case equals clever. It isn'...read more

by Russell Dawson

This question cannot be answered properly without taking into account the gender bias of today's world. Women are forced to choose between being clever and being good looking to a much greater degree than men are. Some...read more