Quotes About Facade

Incorporated into many of the façades are parts of the original structure – stairways that go nowhere, columns supporting nothing, niches that once clearly held Roman busts. The effect is that the houses look as if they grew magically out of the ruins. It is entrancing and there is no other place in Europe like it.

And it's been a long time since she's "felt like herself," as Americans would say. At most, she has an occasional window of relaxation. But the longer she stays in this line of work and the more times she reinvents herself—replacing one facade with another, sometimes lingering in shadow, sometimes hiding in plain sight—the less she remembers her true self or even the concept of having her own identity. That will change soon, a vow she has made to herself.

Do not think that I am not sad, though I laugh.

There was something sweet in watching him pull himself back together, restoring the façade he wore for the world while I knew at least a little of the man beneath it.

What have I eaten? Lies and smiles.

My ribs show. What have I eaten? Lies and smiles.

They were all smiling with bright, artificial smiles.

I tried to smile, but my skin had gone stiff like parchment.

He kept smiling, as if the corners of his mouth were strung up on invisible wire.

What have I eaten? Lies and smiles .

You'd be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look

The ghastly facade of the Basilica loomed over them. Bronze angles above the doors troubled Romulan; as they had always troubled him. He did not understand why; perhaps he had heeded, unaware, some frightening resemblance to himself.

What you see, isn't always what you get

I throw him two bones: a smile and a nod. Both lies.

The surface didn't always tell the full story. A carefully constructed façade could hide a myriad of secrets.

No matter how badly you want to please someone, you can only put up a false front for so long.

Todo es superficial, nena, todo es epi-dér-mico.

People ask me what it was like working with Jim Carrey. Well, I never really saw too much of him. I would talk to him on the set, but I was looking at a Grinch facade. It was his voice and all, but... Jim is amazing to watch in front of the camera. I learned a lot from him. He was also always very nice and generous to me.

There be many wise men, that have secret hearts, and transparent countenances.

we can be made to look very cold-blooded, to you.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

My own mask stayed just where it ought. I've had lots of practice.

Remember: You're the girl with nothing below the surface. Scratch it and what do you find? More surface.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.