Quote by Francisco de Quevedo

Things are not what they seem.

— Anonymous

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.

— Gautama Buddha

I often tend to think that things are not what they seem.

— Robert J. Shiller

Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all.

— Kate DiCamillo

Why are things as they are and not otherwise?

— Johannes Kepler

Some things are as they are regardless of what they were.

— John D. Barrow

There are some as are what they are. And there are some as aren't what they seem to be. And there are some as…

— Neil Gaiman

There is a reason why all things are as they are.

— Bram Stoker

Things are not always as they appear to be as.

— Mike Shannon

Things are not always as they seem.

— Catherine Oxenberg

Things are always different from what they might be.

— Henry James

Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.

— Charles de Lint