Shallow Quotes

400 quotes by 331 authors

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow. — Friedrich Nietzsche
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we… — Joyce Carol Oates
I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to… — Dolly Parton
Deep down, I happen to be very shallow. — Pat Paulsen
To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. — Robert M. Pirsig
Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. — Christopher Reeve
I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me. — Rita Rudner
For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my… — Winona Ryder
My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep'. To define yourself by some label or… — Howard Schultz
The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of… — Hunter S. Thompson
Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties. — Barbara Walters
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of… — Walt Whitman
In 1976, Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer; carried his own suitcase, imagine that - somewhat tapped America's durable but shallow reservoir of populism. By 1980,… — George Will
Only the shallow know themselves. — Oscar Wilde
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. — Oscar Wilde
We didn't start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been too shallow. As usual, it was simply a case of… — Thom Yorke
Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade. Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I… — Oscar Wilde
Owen Meany believed that â€œcoincidenceâ€ was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives… — John Irving

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