I’m in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance. That is so messed up. They might as well say ‘Get younger,’ because that’s how easy it is. – Carrie Fisher
Rolf Ekeus, his appearance can deceive. He looks somewhere between an international diplomat and a mad professor. He’s got that sort of shock of white hair and a slightly absent-minded way of speaking. But he’s extremely sharp and very serious about power relationships. – Barton Gellman
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
And then there’s also this element of – some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you’re really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It’s the yeti. – Ann Bancroft
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. – Aristotle
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. – Aristotle
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball. – Andrew Vachss
What is frustrating is being told that no matter how hard I’ve worked, it counts less than my appearance. Although if you’re not considered conventionally attractive, that also becomes an issue: you know, you’re a feminist because you couldn’t get a man. – Gloria Steinem
But quite honestly, personally, I was much more concerned – I mean, there’s not much I can do about my appearance obviously other than spending four hours in hair and makeup. – Diane Kruger
If you see a man who is so obviously impressed with his own appearance, then you wonder what his priorities are. – Edward N. Ney
My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman. – Emma Thompson
Making a cartoon occupied usually about three full days, two spent in labour and one in removing the appearance of labour. – David Low
We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance. – Martin Bashir
Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way – everything is interdependent, not absolute. – Dalai Lama
When I’m doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: ‘Tell about the guy who died on your show!’ – Dick Cavett
The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them ‘more’ illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation. – David Mamet
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established highly specific criteria for the diagnosis of Lyme disease: an acknowledged tick bite, the appearance of a bull’s-eye rash, and, for those who don’t live in a region where Lyme is common, laboratory evidence of infection. – Michael Specter
I make sure the foods I eat will benefit the appearance of my hair, skin and nails. – Erin Heatherton
We allowed ourselves to become particularly interested in research into the appearance of intermediate products of sugar decomposition during cell-free fermentation. – Eduard Buchner
America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness – divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays. – P. J. O’Rourke
The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite. – Franz Kafka
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. – Cesare Lombroso
Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance. – Marguerite Gardiner
Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate. – Peter Lynch