Best 583 quotes in «appearance quotes» category

A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to bring faith into activity and exercise.

A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious; but, for the same reason, every one is eager to instruct his neighbors.

After all, you can't expect men not to judge by appearances.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

After my 1985 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, I was wooed by producers in Hollywood, who told me they wanted to turn my act into a sitcom.

AIDS was one of those diseases that a lot of people tried to claim ownership over, and especially as someone who was, fortunately never HIV positive, I wanted to avoid any appearance of doing that.

All appearances are real and negatio; sophistical: All reality must be sensation.

All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided.

All hoods make not monks.

All objects whether pleasant, unpleasant or neutral, are mere appearances to the mind just like things experienced in a dream

All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit of any hypothesis whatever, much less of any which is supported by no appearance of probability.

All that glisters is not gold.

A lot can happen to a person's appearance in three months.

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.

Always scorn appearances and you always may.

A mind that is charmed by false appearances refuses better things. [Lat., Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.]

American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance.

An appearance of delicacy is inseparable from sweetness and gentleness of character.

An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.

And so when studying faces, we do indeed measure them, but as painters, not as surveyors.

Appearance is valued too much in our society.

Appearance can always be changed, but the talent stays the same.

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.

Appearances are deceptive.

Appearances are significant, and never more than in politics. You can always sway the crowd, provided you have a good story.

Anyone who appears to be triggered out of watchfulness and into action by your appearance must be explained. Anyone observing you carefully must be explained. Anyone whose behavior seems to be geared to yours must be explained. If the explanation does not satisfy you, be ready to take appropriate defensive action.

Appearances are deceiving.

Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak.

Appearance should never attain reality, And if nature conquers, then must art retire.

Appearances may be deceiving.

Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.

Appearances often are deceiving.

A prudent person, having to do with a designing one, will always distrust most when appearances are fairest.

A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.

[Aristotle formal logic thus far (1787)] has not been able to advance a single step, and hence is to all appearances closed and completed.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

Appearances do not deceive if there are enough of them.

Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

Appearances are often deceiving.

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of funtional design. In addition to being more logical, asymmetry has the advantage that its complete appearance is far more optically effective than symmetry.

As a performer, I'm constantly fascinated with the idea of being able to know what anybody else's experience is, and how misleading all informatives, like appearance, can be.

As a viewed myself in a fragment of looking-glass..., I was so impressed with a sense of vague awe at my appearance ... that I was seized with a violent tremour.

As horrible as this sounds, I am a little vulnerable about appearances.

A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.

Because of my filming commitments in America, you have to sign contracts where you can't change your physical appearance.