Personality easy
the thing is though the girl would have to pretty decent looking for me :P yes.. I'm quite shallow

Personality is more important because you want a girl that everyone likes, not just one that everyone wants to look at.

some people are lucky and get both :)

The question we all stand for, hard to answer.

i guess a combination, or, not even that.
if i notice when someone isnt the best looking person ever, but is trying very hard to is enough respect from me to not really look at the looks.

but eventually it's personality over most, i'm not going to outlive my life with someone so selfish that that person is forgetting everything around her but herself.

so eventually, it all comes up to a compensation of both.

I say personality as there are beutiful people in the world who act too selfish and think that they are the King Queen of the world. Like lots of people may call me stupid which I call back(Just for fun) or are so silly that the teacher has problem keepin them in the chair or that they talk in such a childish manner that I have to listen even though these people are like that they have a cute nature and are friendly.So Even if I choose by peoples(Which I do not) looks they will choose me to be their friend from their personality.

To tell you the truth, everyone will go for a guy/girl who is hot at first sight. It's human nature and its alright. However, spending time with that guy/girl will ultimately determine everything. Its sort of like the phrase "beauty is only skin deep", meaning that you can be the most beautiful person regardless of your looks. So if you are satisfied with what you see, then go for it. Otherwise, do some more research on the person's personality traits before making that big move on them.

Wow, so many people going for personality...that's surprised me.
But most examples go for the extremes. I don't think I ever met someone being extremely hot, but a horrible(intolerable) personality, or the opposite. Most of the time, it's a mix. And I find that both looks AND personality are hard to change. For looks, you can do surgery, put make up on, etc. I don't know how far surgery has been developed, but you are stuck with the body you are born in. Your height, shape, etc can't be changed...yet.

For personality, yes, it is hard to change. But not terribly hard. It depends on the person, and how adaptable they are and their commitment. For example, let's say a cut girl/guy had a really bad personality. So you may think "What a bad personality!". So if that person realizes that, and corrects it, then that would change all of that. In terms of easiness of changing, personality is easier - you wouldn't need money, simply time to change it. Of course, again, this depends on the person. And it depends on how concrete that person's personality is. Then again, if they can't change their personality easily, then that might be a turn-off right there. Looks is completely based on money - more money, more changes.

My preference would be a bit of both, with a bit more into personality. Neither have to be great, but simply good 'enough'.

I'm completely and totally about personality. Looks are only skin-deep, as the saying goes. You may be gorgeous and beautiful now, but give it ten years and things might be completely and totally different. Generally speaking, however, personallity is usually the same through most of life - it usually takes a traumatic event of some kind or a complete change on the meaning of life (and things like that) to change someone's personality.

That may be true (I agree with that), but when you are still young, would you even go for someone you are not attracted to physically? I know where you are coming from- age takes away your appearance, so the personality stays. But it decides whether to even start a relationship. Unless you are someone who completely ignores someone's appearance, then you have to start somewhere. You have to talk to the person to know their personality right? Looks affect what you say and such.

Don't get me wrong- I agree with what you are pointing out. But looks still decide the "hmmm he/she seems nice". The only time when I find looks not mattering is when you get desperate, or are older(you get a good sense of what you want from the partner by then).

Fenrir: Only for snap decisions does appearance rule the day. If you see a hot guy or girl and say 'hey, I'm going to test these waters right here and right now.' then sure, it's just an apperance decision.
But from where I'm coming from, my best friends aren't the most attractive people in the world. Hell, I'm not very attractive myself. I will not just try to barge in on someone. I will, if anything, just stick to the back and watch for a while, try to get a feeling for the type of person they are before I even initiate contact.

I'm not talking about some super hot guy/girl where his/her appearance makes you completely fall for him/her. I'm saying it affects your decision. It may or may not be a deciding factor for you to "test the waters", but it still affects your decision. And appearance can(note the CAN) give hints to someone's personality as well. Someone dressing very sloppy can give you a bad impression. Or hygiene(don't know if that's part of appearance but oh well).

Its a balance. Yes, I know how important personality is. Yes, I know where you are coming from(I made those points before to a friend as well when he fell for a really hot girl). But you cannot belittle appearance.

ps. Do I talk like a really smart person? Please say no...:(

I would say you got to have some of both but personality weighs more. Most good looking guys has cocky personality from mine experience.

Well, I would actually like a little of both. O: I like guys that are funny, smart, and caring. If their look are really bad, like teeth, long hair [I don't like that many guys with long hair], etc, I wouldn't like that as much.

But, if they guy is drop dead CUTE but has the personality of a stick or super mean, I wouldn't like him at all.

So I would like a little of both, but if I had to pick, I guess I'd have to pick the personality. xD

If the girl doesn't look good I can't be attracted to her, no matter how nice her personality is. It's a sad, sad truth. I just won't even think about talking with someone unless they look good.

On the other hand, sometimes a great personality can change my perception of someone's outer beauty. You almost become blind to how they look on the outside because of how great she is on the inside; in the end, you think she's beautiful and has a great personality.

I don't go by looks, so I guess I'd go for someone with an awesome personality but his looks are 'down there'.