Quotes About Superficial

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Sex and a cocktail: they both lasted about as long, had the same effect, and amounted to about the same thing.

Sex and a cocktail: they both lasted about as long, had the same effect, and amounted to the same thing.

I am respected by others not because of my virtue but because of my clothing.' Foolish people respect others in this way.

Men were men. They all wanted beauty. Such shallow, fickle, heartless creatures.

It is very much the contention of this commentary that Mark remains a manifesto for radical discipleship. Unfortunately, our movement has not been very successful in finding new reading strategies commensurate with the deepening politicization of our practice. Too much of our biblical study remains strictly devotionalistic and often frankly superficial.

Beauty is skin deep, unless you have really bad tattoos.

Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich.

I am sure you have heard that appearance doesn't matter and that it's what's on the inside that counts. Well that of course is utter nonsense, because if no one cared about what's on the outside no one would take a bath or comb their hair and the world would be a lot smellier than it already is!

One likes to hear what is going on, to be au fait as to the newest modes of being trifling and silly.

It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but only what kind of quick easy outer impression they give.

The others are all common mouths chattering, empty heads like wooden whistles blowing common tunes.

I'm cute. Women believe me." "I don't believe you." "That's because you know me. I'm superficially believable.

gift card says I feel obligated to get you something, but I don't care enough to put any effort into finding just the right gift.

Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.

It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things work but only the kind of quick, easy outer impression that they get.

A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.

It's been a very strange thing to see the attention my clothes have gotten, just because it's so inversely related to the amount of thought I put into them.

A Hallmark card with paragraphs about my beauty written by a stranger is vaguely depressing.

The most basic dividing line is likely between transitory and sustained attention, the former quick, superficial, and often involuntarily provoked; the latter, deep, long-lasting, and voluntary. What matters for present purposes is that selling us things relies mainly on the former—on which the attention merchant thrives—but our happiness depends on balancing the two.

Social media. That wonderland where we can flit from one superficial, jerkoff distraction to another, always remaining on the surface, never going deeper than an inch.

she suspected Oliver only wanted some token acknowledgment that despite her moving on, their exchange had not been completely superficial. She found even the most cavalier sorts still hated to let things pass completely unspoken. Everyone wanted to put a meaning to things.