Drop the veneer periodically and be like "OK, I'm an imperfect human. Let's try to get through this." — Dennis Miller 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
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
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who… — John Lahr 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
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
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
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
I don't love Photoshop; I like imperfection. It doesn't mean ugly. I love a girl with a gap between her teeth, versus… — Marc Jacobs 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
'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
[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
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
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
But you know, eventually that does kind of veneer, chemical veneers that you apply, they sink in. For better or for worse,… — Surya Das 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
It's good to have a brand that is consistent that people know about and trust. But it's also good to mix it… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers… — S. I. Hayakawa 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
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
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
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
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
The unconscious mind is decidedly simple, unaffected, straightforward and honest. It hasn't got all of this facade, this veneer of what we… — Milton H. Erickson Copy Share Image
Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the… — Derren Brown 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
In 2007, Lindsay Lohan seemed to be on top of the world, a bona fide star who had her pick of acting… — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn't share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or… — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible - stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and… — Michael Flanders Copy Share Image
People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Quiet book-learning in monasteries and ethereal music, sonnets and courtly lovethat stuff is all fantasyand veneer? You couldn't afford to let the… — Janice Galloway Copy Share Image
The scary truth is, you have to scratch some veneer off to gauge where the moral fiber really is in certain pockets… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
Law and freedom must be indivisible partners. For without law, there can be no freedom, only choas and disorder; and without freedom,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We don't have a good language to talk about this kind of thing. In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer... But to… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The right type of [leader] is democratic. He must not consider himself a superior sort of personage. He must actually feel democratic;… — T. Coleman du Pont 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
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