It is not a question of observation which propels mankind…

A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

— David D. Burns

Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - just like a new hairstyle.

— Brad Goreski

My mom was an enthusiastic, positive, glass-is-half-full type of person and that is how I live my life and I owe that to her.…

— Kliff Kingsbury

I had always been scared of the unknown, and I think it had a lot to do with a lack of self-confidence (and wearing…

— Dan Levy

“Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose.”

— John Kennedy Toole

I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me…

— Suzanne Collins

Beauty's a doubtful good, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour; And beauty, blemish'd once, for ever's lost, In spite…

— William Shakespeare

He decided then that he would love her forever no matter what came to pass. It was not so much a matter of deciding…

— David Guterson

I decided to lock myself in. A forced segregation. Sabbatical. A retreat into myself. My selves. Play hide and go seek in the looking-glass.…

— Lydia Lunch

I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.

— Dick Cavett

A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really…

— Tomas Transtromer

Keith was just bringing the glass to his lips when Adrian said, "Mmm. O positive, my favorite." Keith sprayed out the wine he'd just…

— Richelle Mead

Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings.

— Suzanne Collins

Photography is space, light, texture, of course, but the really important element is time - that nanosecond when the image organizes itself on the…

— Ezra Stoller

I am out in public and using the phone. I am in a phone booth, got the phone in my hand and a man…

— Bill Engvall