Quotes About Appearance

What seems to be a stone is a drama.

August] 17th. [1859] At Cincinnati. This is the first time in my life that I have appeared before an audience in so great a city as this. I therefore--though I am no longer a young man-- make this appearance under some degree of embarrassment. But I have found that when one is embarrassed, usually the shortest way to get through with it is to quit talking or thinking about it, and go at something else.

I have no speech to make to you, and no time to speak in. I appear before you that I may see you, and that you may see me; and I am willing to admit that so far as the ladies are concerned, I have the best of the bargain, though I wish it to be understood that I do not make the same acknowledgement concerning the men.

shave, shine your shoes, put a tie round

is a Naked, and Open day light, that doth not shew the Masques, and Mummeries, and Triumphs of the world, halfe so Stately, and daintily, as candlelights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearle, that sheweth best by day: But it will not rise to the price of a Diamond, or Carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture of a Lie doth ever adde Pleasure.

I am a beau only in my books.

A cassock does not make a man a priest, any more than a fine dress makes a woman truly beautiful - or good or generous or intelligent. Don't confuse the way someone looks with the way they are.

Ciro carried himself like a general in full regalia, when in fact he wore secondhand clothes from the donation bin.

A cassock does not make a man a priest, any more than a fine dress makes a woman truly beautiful—or good or generous or intelligent. Don't confuse the way someone looks with the way they are. Grace is a rare thing.

When one is wise, it's wisest to seem foolish.

For many men value appearances more than reality—thus they violate what's right. Everyone's prepared to sigh over some suffering man, though no sorrow really eats their hearts, or they can pretend to join another person's happiness forcing their faces into smiling masks. But a good man discerns true character— he's not fooled by eyes feigning loyalty, favouring him with watered-down respect.

Thy tongue sounds in accordance with thy form. (Vulcan)

Thou beholdest a spectacle ill-sighted to the eye. (Vulcan)

Fine feathers don't make fine birds.

This fable shows that ornaments of the spirit are preferable to a beautiful body.

ugly plumage

He had a good face to him, something chunky in his nose that I could get behind.

An old man with overalls walked by; I don't think old people should wear overalls; it makes them look like shrivelly toddlers.

Görünmek istediÄŸin gibi ol.

Simply put, once married you will no longer give a shit about how you look. What's more, personal appearance can be a handy arena in which to punish your spouse passive aggressively by allowing your own appearance to deteriorate.

By forty, everyone has the face they deserve,' wrote George Orwell

Is it really her I love, I thought to myself as I looked again at Chloe reading on the sofa across the room, or simply an idea that collects itself around her mouth, her eyes, her face? In using her face as a guide to her soul, was I not perhaps guilty of mistaken metonymy, whereby an attribute of an entity is substituted for the entity itself (the crown for the monarchy, the wheel for the car, the White House for the US government, Chloe's angelic expression for Chloe…)?

Like many other outstanding examples of the genre, Ingres's portrait teaches us that appearance can be a bearer of authentic meaning.

It is significantly more important to Rabih now that he remains attractive to Kirsten than that he is a truthful correspondent of the reality of his inner life.