Quotes About Appearance

Speak for yourself. Only rank ignorance measures a man by appearances.

And he gave me a smile that looked as though it had come from a hastily-read handbook on cultivating personal charm.

If this were a novel, you'd have to start a new chapter as soon as I appeared.

Miralles) "No pude no fijarme en el hombre: una cicatriz le arrancaba en la sien, seguía por el pómulo, la mejilla y la mandíbula, bajaba por el cuello y se perdía por la pelambre que afloraba en su camisa gris, de franela.

it is dangerous to unmask images, since they dissimulate the fact that there is nothing behind them).

There is no more hope for meaning. And without a doubt this is a good thing: meaning is mortal. Appearances, they, are immortal, invulnerable to the nihilism. This is where seduction begins.

Everyone seeks their look. Since it is no longer possible to base any claim on one's own existence, there is nothing for it but to perform an appearing act without concerning oneself with being - or even with being seen. So it is not: I exist, I am here! but rather: I am visible, I am an image -look! look! This is not even narcissism, merely an extraversion without depth, a sort of self-promot­ing ingenuousness whereby everyone becomes the manager of their own appearance.

Ciddi olmamak ve ciddi görünmek gerekiyor. Ya da ciddi gibi görünmeden ciddi olmak. Ciddi gibi görünmekle ciddi olmay? birleÅŸtirenler deÄŸersiz kiÅŸilerdir.

They say there is always a photographic moment to be seized where the most banal of beings yield up their secret identity. But what is interesting is their secret alterity, and rather than looking for the identity beneath the appearances, we should look for the mask beneath the identity, the figure which haunts us and diverts us from our identities -- the masked divinity which, in effect, haunts each of us for a moment, one day or another.

Gizlemek (dissimuler), sahip olunan ÅŸeye sahip deÄŸilmiÅŸ gibi yapmak; simüle etmek ise sahip olunmayan ÅŸeye sahipmiÅŸ gibi yapmakt?r.

No difference between reality and the superstitious faith in reality. Preserving the real and preserving phenomena are leitmotivs of contemporary imbecility. Appearances, for their part, are always preserved.

It is not the world as it should be which puts an end to the real world, but the world as it is.

What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show

Beware, so long as you live, or judging men by their outwards appearance.

She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.

Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.

It's so easy to make a person who hasn't got anything seem wrong.

It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?

I hadn't bargained for this. I didn't think it would be like this - shabby clothes, worn-out shoes, circles under your eyes, your hair getting straight and lanky, the way people look at you. ... I didn't think it would be like this

They touch life with gloves on. They're pretending about something all the time. Pretending quite nice and decent things, of course. But still...' 'Everybody pretends,' Marya was thinking. 'French people pretend every bit as much, only about different things and not so obviously. She'll know that when she's been here as long as I have.

her waist goes in , her hips come out, her long black hair is coiled into a smooth bun on the top of her round head. She is very restful to the tired eye.

She had a sweet voice, a voice with a warm and tender quality. This was strange, because her face was cold, as though warmth and tenderness were dead in her.

This holiday mood of Napoleon's was almost a madness. He had appeared at dinner two nights ago dressed as the Pontiff and lewdly asked Joséphine how intimate she would like to be with God. I stared into the chicken.

We must powder our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.