Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as… — Moliere Copy Share Image
I get insecure about a lot of things. In my line of work, unfortunately, your appearance is important, and I'm always like,… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
I do think women are unfairly judged by their physical appearance, but I don’t think it had anything to do with being… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
Jim Rohn's perspective on personal development is simply unparalleled. His books and appearances have touched the lives of untold thousands, and I… — Don Hutson Copy Share Image
I would always prefer radio or working behind the scenes where I don't have to be seen. I don't like how appearance… — Susan Olsen Copy Share Image
When the reality of power has been surrendered, it's playing a dangerous game to seek to retain the appearance of it; the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
We are fonder of visiting our friends in health than in sickness. We judge less favorably of their characters when any misfortune… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Is," "is," "is"—the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
Their incompatible appearances have actually made them more compatible ... Some people said that when a couple comes together ... they will… — Bae Yong-joon Copy Share Image
Most of our occupations are low comedy… We must play our part duly, but as the part of a borrowed character. Of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The painter's portrait and the physicist's explanation are both rooted in reality, but they have been changed by the painter or the… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
It is true that women tend to be more identified with their bodies because in this crazy world, both men and women… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
As I'm sure you know by now, most people aren't really very happy. Beyond their surface appearances, the smiles they wear for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Colombia, where I was born and raised, women like my mother considered their appearance and personal grooming a matter of principle.… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Aladdin in his most intoxicated moments would never have dreamed of asking his [djinn] for [a polaroid] ... It's utterly new in… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
Many have been deceived by outward appearances and have proceeded to write and teach about good works and how they justify without… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Working in the media, on camera, you could become obsessed with your appearance and how you look. But I have tended to… — Tess Daly Copy Share Image
I believe that there is much less difference between the author and his works than is currently supposed; it is usually in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Allure goes beyond appearances to the way they grace the world. Some women propel themselves by means of an internal gyroscope. Others… — Keith Donohue Copy Share Image
I didn't show my face until I did 'Like a Version;' we really wanted to keep it about the music first and… — Ruel Copy Share Image
Your worth is not determined by your appearance, and your worth is not determined by what others think of you. I know… — Kristin Kreuk Copy Share Image
The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight -… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
God looks at the heart, and we shouldn't judge by appearance . . . but we still live on the earth, and… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
She knew that it would not be easy to submit to his miserliness, or the foolishness of his premature appearance of age,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In Israel, I think I have the image of an 'Ashkenazi woman' as a stereotype. Someone once told me that I look… — Mili Avital Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Poverty continues to exist. Its appearance seems to be relentless in evidencing itself not only to all the things we experience here… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form... this is wisdom, When you realize yourself as the fullness… — Eli Jaxon-Bear Copy Share Image
Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As much as some people would like to believe, for their own peace of mind, that the appearance of evil in this… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Bethlehem was just the beginning. I call Jesus Christ's next appearance, Bethlehem, Act 2. No silent night this time, however. The skies… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image