Best 583 quotes in «appearance quotes» category

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

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.

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

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

Appearance is valued too much in our society.

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.

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.

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.

Appearances are deceptive.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

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.

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all.

Be prudent, and if you hear, * * * some insult or some threat, * * * have the appearance of not hearing it.

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

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.

By nature servile, people attempt at first glance to find signs of good breeding in the appearance of those who occupy more exalted stations.

Careers, children and homemaking all come above preserving your appearance. Self-preservation is at the bottom of the scale.

Best movie ever?! Come on, my appearance on Arrested Development had more dynamics, realism and feel to it than the whole trilogy combined.

Change is like putting lipstick on a bulldog. The bulldog's appearance hasn't improved, but now it's really angry.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.

Curiosity is the most superficial of all the affections; it changes its object perpetually; it has an appetite which is very sharp, but very easily satisfied, and it has always an appearance of giddiness, restlessness and anxiety.

Dean's wife, Judith Steinberg, made a rare appearance with Dean. She's a doctor, so I guess they brought her in to stop the hemorrhaging.

Creativity is the supreme mystery of life, the mystery of the appearance of something new, hitherto unknown, derived from nothing, proceeding from nothing, born of nothing other.

Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.

Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what outside, but what is inside that counts.

Donald Trump insult women. We've seen him rate women on their appearance, ranking them from one to ten. We've seen him embarrass women on TV and on Twitter. We saw him after the first debate spend nearly a week denigrating a former Miss Universe in the harshest, most personal terms. So yes, this is who Donald Trump is.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

Conventionality is the tacit agreement to set appearances before reality, form before content.

Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ...Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish.