Appearance Quotes · Page 26

There is nothing waste, nothing sterile, nothing dead in the universe; no chaos, no confusions, save in appearance.

— Gottfried Leibniz

The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Old money is fully as moronic as new money but it has inherited an appearance of cultivation.

— Mary McCarthy

The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.

— Plato

From now on practice saying to everything that appears unpleasant: You are merely an appearance and NOT what you appear to be.

— Epictetus

Beauty is the highest of all these occult influences, the quality of appearances that thru' the sense wakeneth spiritual emotion in the…

— Robert Bridges

“Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most easily read by those who know you least.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

Every event, or appearance, or accident, which seems to deviate from the ordinary course of nature has been rashly ascribed to the…

— Edward Gibbon

The history of human use of plants, mushrooms, and animals for their psychedelic effects is far older than written history, and probably…

— Rick Strassman

There is snobbery in the idea that the modern cult of celebrity has not touched the lofty realm of letters. We are…

— Zia Haider Rahman

So long as procreation stems from parents of the same race, appearance and lineage are typically congruent. Interracial unions give rise to…

— Randall Kennedy

Five Great Habits for Better Relationships: acceptance (smile each time), appreciation (say thank you to everyone), admiration (compliment people on their appearance…

— Brian Tracy

When you have a chef that wants to be in the spotlight, maybe after one or two appearances on a show, they…

— Geoffrey Zakarian

Heaven was not so far away in the eyes of these people (the Maya), who believed that individual, civic and social truths…

— Anthony Aveni

When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted…

— Epicurus

What kind of man reads Playboy? He is fastidious about his appearance, his home and his possessions. He wants as much sex…

— Henry Makow

There is a fundamental similarity between the persecution of individuals who engage in consenting homosexual activity in private, or who ingest, inject,…

— Thomas Szasz

Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits,…

— Anthony Giddens

A number of revelators and UFO contactees have since mentioned to me that just before the appearance of an entity they were…

— Brad Steiger

I capture reality, never pose it. But once captured, is it still reality? I've always tried to play with the false impression…

— Richard Kalvar

There is a special blessing in old clothes, and that aside from their comfort, for which especially they are to be cherished.…

— Maude Meagher

We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture. We…

— Richard Bach

Jimmy Carter, who embraced all manner of schemes to make America a second or third-rate country, came down so squarely in favor…

— Patrick Bedard

Lately, however, on abandoning the brindled and grey mosquitos and commencing similar work on a new, brown species, of which I have…

— Ronald Ross

A campaign adviser can change the outside appearance of the candidate, but the ideology and personality of the candidate remains the same.

— Mercedes Schlapp

“It wasn't a kiss that changed the frog, but the fact that a young girl looked beneath warts and slime and believed…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Evil, as evil, can never be chosen; and though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire…

— Benjamin Franklin

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing…

— Jonathan Swift

My appearance qualifies me for historic characterizations, going back to the year one.

— Charlton Heston

We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.

— Ramana Maharshi

Persona, the mask or image we present to the world. Designed to make a particular impression on others, while concealing our true…

— Carl Jung

At the end of the day, you'll not remember the person with the beautiful face, but you'll remember the person with the…

— Kivanc Bhukhari

I want first-time offenders to think of their appearance in my courtroom as the second-worst experience of their lives - circumcision being…

— Judy Sheindlin

Obviously, I'm in a visual business, and people will talk to me about my appearance.

— Megyn Kelly

“Don't judge me by my appearance,by my looks, My Soul has a beautiful decorated Grave”

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

In wrestling, you need to be physically fit and appearance is very important. Someone who is not aware of this is clearly…

— Sable

My cameo appearance in 'Happy New Year' doesn't mean I am seriously considering a shift to cinema, not at all.

— Kiku Sharda

I always have this fear that one day you are going to discover that I am not as great as you once…

— Anonymous

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.

— Colin Powell

Gradually compositions make an appearance again. Political - satirical - conceits expressed in one figure or a few.

— Paul Klee