Superficial Quotes

357 Superficial quotes by 300 unique authors

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate… — Mary Tyler Moore
A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner… — Van Wyck Brooks
A girl's brain is mysterious, but only in a superficial way-a way very exasperating to me. — James Agee
I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real and not superficial. — Aubrey Plaza
Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close… — Kiki Smith
The specualtist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity; and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows… — Samuel Johnson
Sit down and get out a piece of paper and start making lists. Ask yourself, are you in harmony with the things in your life?… — Frederick Lenz
I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people. — Holland Taylor
L.A. is so fake - girls there are so superficial. — Verne Troyer
Kitsch is: a species of beauty, which, as it is florid and superficial, pleases at first; but soon palls upon the taste, and is rejected… — David Hume
Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling… — Joan Z. Borysenko
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
To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar… — Elihu Root
This superficial blurring has something to do with the incapacity I have just mentioned. I can make no statement about reality clearer than my own… — Gerhard Richter
Religion would certainly be more relevant to the hurting masses of humanity if people could express their hopes and dreams and pain and anguish to… — Joseph Girzone
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge… — Tobias Smollett
Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating. — Mata Amritanandamayi
I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of his science; most… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what… — William Cobbett
As specialists of apparent life, stars serve as superficial objects that people can identify with in order to compensate for the fragmented productive specialisations that… — Guy Debord

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