“True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers, But found in the soul within.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The problem with wearing a facade is that sooner or later life shows up with a big pair of scissors.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The veneer of civilization is like that on the kitchen counter - very thin.” — Malcolm Watts Copy Share Image
Arrogance is a veneer -- a thin covering of excuses hiding deep performance deficiencies. — Bob Lewis Copy Share Image
“Some people’s elegance was only skin-deep, scrape off a little bit of the veneer and you got the real wood—common” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
Leftism hides under an intellectual veneer, but underneath it is all emotion — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything. — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I think there is this steely strength beneath this beautiful veneer that a lot of women possess. I can't fathom or understand… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. There are two 'yous'; there's 'you',… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
The proclamation of Jesus is not a veneer: the proclamation of Jesus goes straight to the bones, heart, goes deep within and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I used to have the craziest fear of losing teeth. I would have nightmares about that all the time. But it's the… — Kendall Jenner Copy Share Image
It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
Under the veneer of Westernization, the cultures of the Indian world - which have existed for 30,000 years! - continue to live.… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The scene is never really about moving the story forward on 'Breaking Bad.' That's the functional veneer of the scene, but it's… — George Mastras Copy Share Image
I think of part of myself as a very passionate person, but I don't think that comes across. I don't know where… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
[T]he normal and the everyday are often amazingly unstoppable, and what is unimaginable is the cessation of them. The world is resilient,… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
'Courtney' is a more punk-rock kids' book. It has this precious veneer that Courtney's terrible behavior trashes. And it's basically about how… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard she tried to maintain her calm and collected persona, she knew it was all a ruse. All she… — Cristiane Serruya Copy Share Image
I was convinced that worship at its best is a social experience with people of all levels of life coming together to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Barrons has something the rest of us don't have. I don't know what it is, but I feel it all the time,… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. It has an effect on your skin - the… — Peter Zumthor Copy Share Image
“WHO AM I? I have seven heavenly panels Leading up to a pointed sphere I’m multidimensional like a crystal And my center… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
It's the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man. — Baden Powell de Aquino Copy Share Image
The gentleman is solid mahogany; the fashionable man is only veneer. — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Far from poisoning the mind, pornography shows the deepest truth about sexuality, stripped of romantic veneer. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I like to show subjects inside a sealed veneer. There's a sense that you can't get in. — Steven Klein Copy Share Image
Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
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