Top 1200 Superficial Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

The very idea of printing my diary has always struck me as completely superficial.

Boredom dismantles the mind, renders it superficial, out at the seams, saps it from within and dislocates it.

To read great books does not mean one becomes ‘bookish’; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the richly-charged imagination of Shakespeare, of the luminous wisdom of Goethe, actually passes into the personality of the reader; so that in contact with the chaos of ordinary life certain free and flowing outlines emerge, like the forms of some classic picture, endowing both people and things with a grandeur beyond what is visible to the superficial glance.

Of course, I write. I have stories to tell. But I don't want to do superficial stuff any more.

Pain is superficial, and therefore fear is. The torments of martyrdoms are probably most keenly felt by the by-standers.

Hollywood is the most superficial thing you could possibly be a part of and if I weren't attractive, I wouldn't be working at all.

If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

Beauty shouldn't be superficial and should come from within, and your eyes will tell the story.

I hate superficial violence. It's shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.

It is the distinguishing glory of Christianity not to rest satisfied with superficial appearances, but to rectify the motives, and purify the heart.

In this industry, it's sad that a superficial thing like weight loss can actually define your career, but if that is the case, so be it.

Fashion is not superficial; it is a dynamic tool to transform oneself, and it can be used to command the attention of those around you.

No error is more certain than the one proceeding from a hasty and superficial view of the subject.

People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.

The strange thing - and this is one of the advantages of being incredibly shallow and superficial - is that wherever I am, that's sort of home.

What is called politics is comparatively something so superficial and inhuman, that practically I have never fairly recognized that it concerns me at all.

The candid camera is the greatest liar in the photographic family.... It is anarchic, naïve, and superficial.

The truth seems . . . to be that in the ultimate and essential problem the economic factor is relatively superficial and unimportant.

We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives.

I don't have any hidden depths; I'm a very superficial person. It's a constant frustration to me.

How we look - though it is superficial and immutable - has a huge impact on our lives.

So take social media; take a look at the way they're used. In a lot of ways they're used constructively; lot of things are done that couldn't be done before. On the other hand a lot of the effect of social media is to set up extremely superficial contacts amongst people.

I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.

Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut straight to the bone.

If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?

He had the superficial kindness of a good-humored, self-satisfied nature, that fears no rivalry, and has encountered no contrarieties.

It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer's day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again, and drawing a delicious contrast between the world's duration and the feeble span of individual experience. There is something in Stonehenge almost reassuring; and if you are disposed to feel that life is rather a superficial matter, and that we soon get to the bottom of things, the immemorial gray pillars may serve to remind you of the enormous background of time.

In modern times, what impresses one is not a simple and unassuming statement of the truth, but superficial showmanship and display.

We pamper the present like a spoiled child, obeying its superficial demands but ignoring its real needs.

God's truth is too sacred to be expounded to superficial worldliness in its transient fit of earnestness.

The more you know about Christ, the less you will be satisfied with superficial views of Him.

When elections are not democratic, even the most populist discussions become superficial, disconnected from real power; they are theatre.

I didn't know about the fashion world, or at least I took it for slightly superficial. I didn't realize the extent of it.

Most men are petrified of standing out in any way or being thought superficial.

Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt.

There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer.

I don't like a whole lot of flash and superficial stuff; I want a woman that's all-natural, in her purest form.

The Internet is just one big gossip chamber - that's why it's so fascinating and entertaining. It's a fabulous platform for superficial communication.

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

I used to look at fashion from a superficial standpoint, and I can admit now that I wasn't so nice of a person.

The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.

I have tried the fancy, superficial life in my past, but I quickly learned that diamonds are not my best friend.

You will, in time, see and show others not just the superficial, but the details, the meanings, and the implications of all that you look at.

There is a real, living unity in our time, as in any other, but it lies submerged under a superficial hubbub of sensation.

In my family, Fashion was something we never talked about, it was thought of as kind of superficial.

The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible to me.

In the end, I'd rather wear a nice dress, and if someone is not going to take me seriously, that's so superficial.

The Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness.

It's a very organic kind of way that people are discovering it, by word of mouth, which I always think is the best way for things to grow. In terms of the affect it's been having on me, I don't even notice that. It's lovely to be able to talk about a piece of work that you're very proud of, that I think's a complex piece of work and not superficial and has depth to it.

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.

A true account of the actual is the rarest poetry, for common sense always takes a hasty and superficial view.

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

I wouldn't want to be 20 now. I know so much more, and I'm much more comfortable in my skin, saggy as it is When I hear young girls complaining about superficial things You're at the peak of your physical beauty right now! Just enjoy it and stop worrying about your thighs being too big If you're upset with how you look at 25, life's going to be tough