Quotes About Image

The halo effect adds the final touches, lending an aura of invincibility to the heroes of the story.

The image of God is not like an image permanently stamped on a coin; it is more like an image reflected in a mirror. That is, human beings are created for life in relationships that mirror or correspond to God's own life in relationship.

Historian Daniel Boorstin once noted a shift in American values that had replaced the classic hero with the celebrity. "The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image. . . . The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media." He added, darkly: "The very agency which first makes the celebrity in the long run inevitably destroys him. He will be destroyed, as he was made, by publicity.

I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.

Modern man is obsessed with beauty.

the Tsar next to her, grinning and preening at his latest triumph over the West. And just who did he think he was fooling with that starched and pressed face of his? Real fascists, thought Charlotte, did not use Botox.

We believe that a career without scandal is not a proper career at all. - Gabriel Allon

She dressed to cast her daughter in a frumpy light.

the enemy that's going to paralyze you with fear is your own sense of self-importance and your excessive ego. The thought of not living up to the image of yourself that you want everyone to see is a source of tremendous anxiety. At

This is best thing about being manly: it's so easy to fake. Smear some oil on your face, or nod and say "Aaah" near mechanics.

I don't watch reality TV. I'm cool.

The basic aim of a nation at war is establishing an image of the enemy in order to distinguish as sharply as possible the act of killing from the act of murder. —Glenn Gray The Warriors

Compramos cosas que no necesitamos con dinero que no tenemos a fin de impresionar a personas que no queremos.

The chaos of events in the Inner Court still raged in her mind, like one of those fever dreams where image upon disjointed image pile up before the mind's eye in a nauseating, strobing mass that doesn't even have the saving grace of dream logic.

Some of the prettiest girls need to put a paper bag over their personality.

There is no long-term strategy for the brand. The following questions about the brand environment five or ten years into thefuture are unanswered, and may have not been addressed: What associations should the brand have? In what product classes shouldthe brand be competing? What mental image should the brand stimulate in the future?

A year earlier, I had described campaigns to reporters as "like an MRI for the soul—whoever you are, eventually people find out.

Do what you will, reputation is at least as fickle as your station in life. Others decide what your reputation is.

The Pink Panther is supposed to use humor to uplift. Instead, I departed this movie feeling depressed. Lifeless comedies can suck the energy out of a viewer, especially when they sully the image of an cinematic icon.

Myths and dreams," according to Joseph Campbell, "are manifestations in image form (metaphors) of all of the energies of the body, moved by the organs, in conflict with each other.

Celebrities seek fame. They take actions to get attention. Most often, the actions they take have no particular moral content.

You know, technology CEOs like to think of themselves as rock 'n roll stars.

Thomas remembered the image of the Cranks at the windows back at the dorm. Like living nightmares, missing only a death certificate to make them official zombies.

Beauty magazines make my girlfriend feel ugly.