Quotes About Facade

she seemed happy, though perhaps a bit desperately so

You're going to act like a happy man. I know, I know. It's the hardest role in the world.

I'm a simple person who hides a thousand feeling behind the happiest smile.

Fake a smile. No one knows you're broken.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

"Dollhouse" was definitely inspired by the whole Edward Scissorhands vibe where all of the houses are perfect, but inside each home there are very messed up families.

There is something very nice about coming to New York and how everyone smiles - even if they don't mean it. When I go back home to London and say hello to people, they look at me like I'm crazy.

I am the false character that follows the name around.

Let a smile be your umbrella, and you'll end up with a face full of rain.

Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face.

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.

Deep down, he's shallow.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

Behind a cold face there is always an insecure heart.

Pretty's just a pretty word.

our Face Will be our Betrayer on the Long Run

There's a beauty to imperfection. This is the essence of the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi values character and uniqueness over a shiny facade.

lo lleva pintado en el rostro, la capacidad de estafa y la voluntad de dolo.

Siempre lo mismo! ¡Siempre hay que aparentar la posesión de un fin! ¡Siempre el camino rectamente marcado!

Control is part of faking it

The maintenance of a facade predisposes a person to somatic illness because it imposes a constant stress upon the body. One tries to be what one isn't which deforms the personality and the body. When the deformation (stress) persists long enough, the internal structure of the body breaks down.

Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another

Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.

Underneath our nice, friendly facades there is great unease. If I were to scratch below the surface of anyone I would find fear, pain, and anxiety running amok. We all have ways to cover them up. We overeat, over-drink, overwork; we watch too much television.