Shallow Quotes

400 quotes by 331 authors

Just as any moron can destroy a priceless Ming vase, so the shallow and ill-educated people who run our schools can undermine and destroy from… — Thomas Sowell
In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in… — Henry David Thoreau
Either the human being must suffer and struggle as the price of a more searching vision, or his gaze must be shallow and without intellectual… — Thomas de Quincey
... there is this feeling that I have a destiny far away from the shallow and preposterous posing that is our life ... — Kurt Vonnegut
Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short. — Molly Ivins
I have been to Turkey almost every summer holiday of my life and pretty much only on summer holidays, which makes me a very shallow… — Joseph O'Neill
People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I… — Gary Larson
Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in… — Stephen King
It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so… — Vance Havner
Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime-if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something… — Jess C Scott
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane. — Karl Shapiro
Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice… — Cecily von Ziegesar
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a… — William Manchester
The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to… — Robert D. Kaplan
If I cried me a river of all my confessions, would I drown in my shallow regret? — Sarah McLachlan
Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them… — Carla Gugino
There are a bunch of different ways to look at the fashion industry. Is it shallow to work in fashion? Yes, it can be. But… — Kelly Cutrone
Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. — Hank Azaria
There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain… — Gordon Getty
The human understanding is unquiet; it cannot stop or rest, and still presses onward, but in vain. Therefore it is that we cannot conceive of… — Francis Bacon

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