Appearance Quotes

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When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the… — Gwen Ifill
Woman is essentially unpeaceful, like the cat, however well she may have trained herself to present an appearance of peace. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous agreement.… — Edward Abbey
A woman, as much as a man, is responsible by the age of forty for the character of her face. But women, obeying the biological… — Edward Abbey
It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it. — Patrick Henry
While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at… — Minor White
The problem of what to wear while lolling about the house on a Sunday afternoon is becoming more and more acute as the fashions in… — Robert Benchley
There was the pedestrian who wedged himself into the crowd, but there was also the flneur who demanded elbow room and was unwilling to forego… — Walter Benjamin
The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through… — Blaise Pascal
The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture. — Piet Mondrian
This new plastic idea will ignore the particulars of appearance, that is to say, natural form and colour. On the contrary, it should find its… — Piet Mondrian
Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the… — Sol LeWitt
More directly linked to the impact of technology, it involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled and directed society. Such a society would be… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
For the mob is always impressed by appearances and by results, and the world is composed of the mob. — Niccolo Machiavelli
From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed, I have struggled--along… — Harry A. Blackmun
The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny and that's… — Alain Badiou
Ideas should be neutral. But man animates them with his passions and folly. Impure and turned into beliefs, they take on the appearance of reality.… — Emile M. Cioran
I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention. — Madam C. J. Walker
Climate helps to shape the character of peoples, certainly no people more than the English. The uncertainty of their climate has helped to make the… — H E Bates

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