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
The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization. — Dean Koontz 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
Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people. — Douglas Kennedy Copy Share Image
There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's… — Lena Headey Copy Share Image
The Peloponnesian War turns out to be no dry chronicle of abstract cause and effect. No, it is above all an intense,… — Thucydides 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
To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Arrogance is a veneer -- a thin covering of excuses hiding deep performance deficiencies. — Bob Lewis 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
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
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz… — George Santayana 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
Only when the true ends of society have nothing to do with the sublime does "culture" become necessary as a veneer to… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Worship at its best is a social experience with people of all levels of life coming together to realize their oneness and… — Anonymous 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
Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
What passes for education, culture or maturity in most minds is merely how individuals want to think of themselves, a contrived egocentric… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
My mother and my father taught me to look at the actual problem, not the face of it, not the veneer of… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers, But found in the soul within.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Far from poisoning the mind, pornography shows the deepest truth about sexuality, stripped of romantic veneer. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The queers of the sixties, like those since, have connived with their repression under a veneer of respectability. Good mannered city queens… — Derek Jarman Copy Share Image
Well neither of us were "Buddhists" then because it was new to us. We were 60's people. Psychedelic relics, you know... whatever,… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
There are loads of sociopolitical, racial, class and future-planet situations that really interest me, but I'm not really interested in making a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
