Mask Quotes

729 Mask quotes by 560 unique authors

The most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice. — Robert H. Jackson
I have these slumber parties with my father [Steve Tyler], and when we can't sleep we stay up all night trading beauty tips. He knows… — Liv Tyler
It is said that my art has some typically Nordic features: the curving lines, the convolutions, the magical masks and staring eyes that appear in… — Asger Jorn
Our commitment to this founding principle is especially relevant today. Americans are united as rarely before in compassion and generosity for our fellow citizens whose… — Edward Kennedy
The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine is nothing but war in perpetuity under the mask of peace. — Edgar Quinet
Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with… — A. E. Coppard
When you have feelings like sadness or anger about your cancer or your plight, to mask them is to lead an artificial life. — Steve Jobs
If you are psychic you can perceive that someone may love you and they can't show it. Someone may seek to harm you and they… — Frederick Lenz
In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the masks… — Clarence John Laughlin
Ask anyone and they'll most likely say their family is crazy, and if they don't say their family is crazy, their friends are crazy. That's… — Criss Jami
Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The history of mankind is a romance, a mask, a tragedy, constructed upon the principles of POETICAL JUSTICE; it is a noble or royal hunt,… — William Hazlitt
Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask. — William Hazlitt
A woman growing up under American ideas of liberty in government and religion, having never blushed behind a Turkish mask, nor pressed her feet in… — Susan B. Anthony
The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask without it. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
But I would like to think for a moment about a man who in the morning teaches his students that a false attribution of a… — George Steiner
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays. And… — Billy Bob Thornton
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask. — Erich Fromm
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation. — Khalil Gibran
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most… — Joseph Conrad
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris. — Mason Cooley
When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to… — John Cusack
The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff… — Willem Dafoe
Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself. — Rodney Dangerfield
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their… — Denis Diderot

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