And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals…

— Elia Kazan

Are soft-hearted people handicapped in business? You have heard a businessman say of someone else, He's all right, but he's too soft-hearted… To be…

— B. C. Forbes

Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to design a…

— Jared Diamond

Few people are aware of the severe human rights violations committed daily by family court judges across the country. These courts are siding over…

— Lundy Bancroft

Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be…

— Grenville Kleiser

May is the most severe stage of Senioritis.

— Anonymous

Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is to help…

— Maia Szalavitz

I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety.

— Zoe Sugg

Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be…

— Temple Grandin

A SWAT team surrounded my house and came in every door. But it happened because on the day that we split up, Madonna developed…

— Sean Penn

Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it.…

— Tina Brown

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead…

— Madeleine L'Engle

The weird thing about metal fans is we're all so maladjusted in a lot of ways. We're individualistic and opinionated and severe in our…

— Corey Taylor

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or…

— Sheila Kamerman

The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our…

— Jim Wright