Superficial Quotes · Page 11

I know it's superficial, and you can't measure art, which is supposed to be up to the individual, but I've watched the…

— Kerry Condon

Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

— P. D. James

I respect my work. But also I think it's very superficial.

— Miuccia Prada

And just as there are no words for the surface, that is, No words to say what it really is, that it…

— John Ashbery

Sanity consists in not being subdued by your means. Fancy prices are paid for position, and for the culture of talent, but…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes.…

— May Sarton

Of course, I write. I have stories to tell. But I don't want to do superficial stuff any more.

— Aparna Sen

The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.

— Norman Cousins

I often write about nonreligious people, and I try to find situations where their sense of humanity is restored or discovered. I…

— Horton Foote

Remember, if you have not known sadness together with happiness you have not known anything yet. Then your happiness is superficial; your…

— Anonymous

When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.

— Antonio Porchia

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

— Cornel West

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

— Hans Hofmann

Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that's just superficial.

— Abhay Deol

Life on earth is such a good story you cannot afford to miss the beginning... Beneath our superficial differences we are all…

— Lynn Margulis

The need for sociability induce man to be in touch with his fellow men. However, this need might not ("ne saurait", Fr.)…

— African Spir

As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as…

— Judith Wright

I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never…

— Thomas Merton

Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than…

— Hannah More

It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Heist movies tend to be a bit superficial, glamorous, and fun. They don't tend to be emotionally engaging.

— Christopher Nolan

The process of change does not occur on superficial levels, through mere 'positive thinking.' It involves exploring, discovering, and changing our deepest,…

— Shakti Gawain

Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.

— Albert Einstein

I despise mystics, they fancy themselves so deep, when they aren't even superficial.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Tremendous interest in the superficial is very characteristic of cultures in decline.

— Martin Amis