66 Quotes About Appearance

What we see is what we believe; what we believe is what we become. You can change anything about your exterior, but your character cannot be changed. What you think about yourself will eventually show itself in your actions and in the way you treat others. Let these appearances quotes change the way you see yourself today.

What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking...
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What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave! J.k. Rowling
Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy...
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Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like. Will Rogers
Being liked for the way you looked is worse than...
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Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all. Amanda Hocking
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Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.These things and deeds are diametrically opposed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue. Men too often confound them: they should not be confounded: appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify a few, should not be substituted for the world-redeeming creed of Christ. There is — I repeat it — a difference; and it is a good, and not a bad action to mark broadly and clearly the line of separation between them. Unknown
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The Creator has — I say it in all reverence - drawn a myriad red herrings across the track, but the true scientist refuses to be baffled by superficial appearances in detecting the secrets of Nature. The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie. Israel Zangwill
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But to appear happy when I am so miserable – Oh! who can require it? Jane Austen
Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out...
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Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, thatreason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe. Darynda Jones
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So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. William Shakespeare
Seeming and knowing made hideous faces at one another across...
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Seeming and knowing made hideous faces at one another across the breadth of her mind. Pamela Dean
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Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by the dozen may arrive and be glad-handed for a time, but they are unwise if they choose to live there because the town is, perhaps even creditably, committed to recognising only professional success, and nothing else, to be of lasting value. The burdensome obligation imposed on all its inhabitants is therefore to present themselves as successes, because otherwise they forfeit their right to respect in that environment .. There is no place in that town for the "interesting failure" or for anyone who is not determined on a life that will be shaped in a upward-heading curve. . Julian Fellowes
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Listen, Google, ’ I will say, ‘both John and Paul are courting me. I like both of them, but in a different way, and it’s so hard to make up my mind. Given everything you know, what do you advise me to do?’ And Google will answer: ‘Well, I know you from the day you were born. I have read all your emails, recorded all your phone calls, and know your favourite films, your DNA and the entire history of your heart. I have exact data about each date you went on, and if you want, I can show you second-by-second graphs of your heart rate, blood pressure and sugar levels whenever you went on a date with John or Paul. If necessary, I can even provide you with accurate mathematical ranking of every sexual encounter you had with either of them. And naturally enough, I know them as well as I know you. Based on all this information, on my superb algorithms, and on decades’ worth of statistics about millions of relationships — I advise you to go with John, with an 87 per cent probability of being more satisfied with him in the long run. Indeed, I know you so well that I also know you don’t like this answer. Paul is much more handsome than John, and because you give external appearances too much weight, you secretly wanted me to say “Paul”. Looks matter, of course; but not as much as you think. Your biochemical algorithms — which evolved tens of thousands of years ago in the African savannah — give looks a weight of 35 per cent in their overall rating of potential mates. My algorithms — which are based on the most up-to-date studies and statistics — say that looks have only a 14 per cent impact on the long-term success of romantic relationships. So, even though I took Paul’s looks into account, I still tell you that you would be better off with John. Yuval Noah Harari
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The gravel road widened into a large turnaround where three similar looking and designed brothels sat waiting for customers. They were called Sheila's Front Porch, Tawny's High Five Ranch and Miss Delilah's House of Holies."Nice, " Rachel said as we surveyed the scene. "why are these places always named after women -- as if women actually own them?"" You got me. I guess Mister Dave's House of Holies wouldn't go over so well with the guys." Rachel smiled." You're right. I guess it's a shrewd move. Name a place of female degradation and slavery after a female and it doesn't sound so bad, does it? It's packaging. Michael Connelly
There are women who only look at another woman's shoes...
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There are women who only look at another woman's shoes and never at her face. And others who always look women in the face and only occasionally at their shoes. Nina George
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Look on beauty, And you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight; Which therein works a miracle in nature, Making them lightest that wear most of it: So are those crisped snaky golden locks Which make such wanton gambols with the wind, Upon supposed fairness, often known To be the dowry of a second head, The skull that bred them in the sepulchre. Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea; the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word, The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest. William Shakespeare
I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they...
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I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting. Sarah Dessen
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Had the world been different, in my opinion, without mountains and oceans, plains and seas, deserts and forests, and consisted of something else, inconceivable to us, as we don't know anything other than this, we would also have found it beautiful. A world with gloes and raies, evanbillits and conulames, for example, or ibitera, proluffs, and lopsits, whatever they might be, we would have sung their praises because that is the way we are, we extol the world and love it although it's not necessary, the world is the world, it's all we have. Unknown
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Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved. H.W. Brands
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It’s one thing to be an undead fiend of darkness, but it takes an immense amount of work to look cool while doing it. Garon Whited
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A wash of relief poured through her, along with a kindling of hope. Her bridegroom wasn't Gauri; he wasn't even human. He was, however, congenial and gracious. She had proclaimed his appearance ghastly and his honesty handsome. Ildiko still stood by both opinions. She could have done infinitely worse. More than a few Gauri women had the misfortune to marry human men with handsome faces and ghastly souls. . Grace Draven
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What treaty is it that finally separates those two territories, the hard resolve of our exteriors and the terrible disaster on our insides? Ben Marcus
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Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Margaret Thatcher
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When we stay locked up in the spectrum of unsolved life stories and keep hiding in an arcane prism, life remains a mystery behind perpetual tensions and a journey in a world beyond appearances. (“Une femme peut en cacher une autre") Erik Pevernagie
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Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are what they are. When the facts are too sharp, you can craft a cheerful version of the situation and cover the facts the way that you can covered a battered old four-slice toaster with a knitted cozy featuring images of kittens. Dean Koontz
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All he ever knew of her was who he saw every day. All I am is who I am every day. All anyone is to anyone is a series of days. Charles Yu
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There is no deeper reality. The water at the bottom is the same as the water at the top. Marty Rubin
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She was still glad she looked like Scully. He wasn't pretty either, but pretty people weren't the kind you need. Pretty people saw themselves in the mirror and were either too happy or too sad. People like Billie just shrugged and didn't care. She didn't want to turn into anyone pretty. Anyway, she had scars now, you only had to look. Tim Winton
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When it comes to current attitudes about surgery, the practice of dismissing the cultural context and rationalizing it as individual betterment "flattens the terrain of power relations." In other words, we can talk about doing it for us until our high-end lipstick flakes off, but we should also keep in mind that we probably wouldn't even be thinking about what life would be like with a new nose or perkier breasts or shapelier inner thighs if it weren't for a long-standing cultural ideal that rewards those who adhere to it with power that often doesn't speak its name, but is instantly recognizable to those who don't have it. Andi Zeisler
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Clinging to one’s outward appearance interferes with living. Unknown
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People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around. Douglas Adams
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We live our lives supposing things are as they appear to be when that is almost never the case. Richelle E. Goodrich
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When you get right down to it, lots of things that look fancy are easy to do, and lots of things that seem easy are hard, even if you're very creative and a good artist. Nancy Freund
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I don't know how, or whether it is even possible to predict what the world will look like the next day. I simply have to close my eyes, and wait until tomorrow in order to find out. Charles Yu
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She had told Kazan that she was bored with the roles she was playing because so many of them had been basically the same kind of empty-headed characterization. She wanted nothing ore than to challenge herself with more complex parts--and also wanted others to think of her as being more than a caricature.... Anytime she had an opportunity to broaden her mind, she wanted to take advantage of it. J. Randy Taraborrelli
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I don't want a relationship that just looks good on the outside. It's more important that it feels great on the inside. Sherri Rifkin
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If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they could be twice as far. Loren Weisman
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They looked more like day laborers than seamen. Erik Larson
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You'll never make it out there. You weren't made for South Pole adventures." Flora gave her an icy look. "I think I know by now what I was made for. Chris Kurtz
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Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings Tehmina Durrani
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I saw you before. All your flaws, your imperfections. Your body’s going to a lot of trouble to hide something, something inside of you. It must be very precious. Shaun Hick
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Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth. DaShanne Stokes
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Any love that is solely based on physical beauty, is a stranger to longevity. Unknown
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Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln
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Sometimes the dustiest cover hides the best book. Sometimes the best cup is chipped. Unknown
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Appearances, beauty, value and life have their unique mysteries and essence. I prefer that essence to be breathing with humility, honesty, compassion, respect and a timeless love. Angelica Hopes
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There's something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this place beautiful, especially in the reflection of the water. It makes everything askew, disoriented. There's more truth in a ripple of water than in a clear day. Ellie Lieberman
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I am not what you see. I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Another vampire pushed her way through the crowd to stand at hisside–a pretty blue-haired Asian girl in a silver foil skirt. Clary wondered if there were any ugly vampires, or maybe any fat ones. Maybe they didn't make vampires out of ugly people. Or maybe ugly people just didn't want to live forever. Cassandra Clare
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I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When we are able to look beyond appearances and to behold that which we truly are, we recognize that our essence is interwoven with the divine and that we exist as one of its expressions. Alexandra Katehakis
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The matron glanced at the old man and suppressed a smile. “He is absolutely miserable.” “I enjoy miserable. It gives one a contrast to all the delectabilities of life. But is he housebroken, inpala? He is rather rumpled. He will look well on my ship, but will he wash well? Do professors fray as a general rule? I will not have my ship looking ragged.”“ They do tend to fade after a few years of hard use. Michelle Franklin
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For appearances. Now there's a lovely thing to die for. Gerald Morris
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When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Imagine learning at such a young age that your very appearance–your very identity–is enough to trigger such confusion and animosity. Imagine knowing that people will hate you for no reason other than you are who you are Thomas Beatie
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As she grew older, Maddy discovered that she had disappointed almost everyone. An awkward girl with a sullen mouth, a curtain of hair, and a tendency to slouch, she had neither Mae's sweet nature nor sweet face. Her eyes were rather beautiful, but few people ever noticed this, and it was widely believed Maddy was ugly, a troublemaker, too clever for her own good, too stubborn - or too slack - to change. Of course, folk agreed that it was not her fault she was so brown or her sister so pretty, but a smile costs nothing, as the saying goes, and if only the girl had made an effort once in a while, or even showed a little gratitude for all the help and free advice, then maybe she would have settled down. . Joanne Harris
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Did anyone care for poor Cinderella until her fairy godmother took her in hand? Did anyone look beyond the ragged clothes and sooty face? Did anyone see the unshed tears and the poor, tired face? Obviously not. Appearances matter. Gita V. Reddy
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The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak. Jacques Benigne Bossuel
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You have to look at a thing long enough for it to really show itself to you... Kate Milford
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I'll say this, Arik: the old man's warning proved to be true - things are not always what they seem. She was no young lady -" "If it's the demon you speak of, " interjected Rith, as she stepped back into the ruin, Lyssa following after, "she was not even a toothless old hag. Dennis L. McKiernan
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He smiles, even attractive, but appearances are unreliable depictions of character. Emily R. King
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Appearances are deceptive and behaviors reflective. Tasneem Hameed
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But above all, in order to be, never try to seem. Albert Camus
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For Jack Kennedy, who only made campaigning LOOK easy, it was, in fact, anything but. David Pietrusza
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Things are often exactly as they seem. Confusing isn't it. Richard Butchins
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Trust not too much to appearances. Virgil
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Appearances are often deceiving. Aesop