Quotes Tagged "appearance"

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.

Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

I don’t always feel what I know I should feel. My thought crosses the river I swim very slowly Because the suit men made it wear weighs it down.

By the external appearance of your knowledge, you have attained (high) ranks and reverence with the people! So seek with Allah higher ranks and closeness by virtue of your hidden good deeds. And know that these two ranks, one cancels out the other.

Why do people respect the package rather than the man?

For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.

Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of the problem within the problem: for instance, envy is one of the most excused sins in the media of political correctness. Those you find most attractive, or seem to have it all, are often some of the most insecure at heart, and that is because people assume that they do not need anything but defamation.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.

I say every dog looks like no other but that isn't true. Not entirely. Difference is slippery.

Our lives are mere flashes of light in an infinitely empty universe. In 12 years of education the most important lesson I have learned is that what we see as “normal” living is truly a travesty of our potential. In a society so governed by superficiality, appearances, and petty economics, dreams are more real than anything anything in the “real world”. Refuse normalcy. Beauty is everywhere, love is endless, and joy bleeds from our everyday existence. Embrace it. I love all of you, all my friends, family, and community. I am ceaselessly grateful from the bottom of my heart for everyone. The only thing I can ask of you is to stay free of materialism. Remember that every day contains a universe of potential; exhaust it. Live and love so immensely that when death comes there is nothing left for him to take. Wealth is love, music, sports, learning, family and freedom. Above all, stay gold.

To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.

Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence, I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.

In 1982, Algeria made their first appearance at the World Cup. I believe it was the first Arab country to do so.

There are many ways to manipulate chip cards. For example, a number of years ago when American Express issued the first chip card, criminals would take a small hammer with a little device and bang the chip to destroy it without hurting the physical appearance of the card.