“We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”— Ilhan Omar, politico.com
“Never judge things by their appearance... even carpetbags. I'm sure I never do.”— Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, imdb.com
“By classifying these places as experiences, their creators seem to imply that something happens there. But what? Most human experiences don’t have to announce themselves as such.”— Amanda Hess, nytimes.com
“First Rule of Humanity: People are usually what they appear to be.”— Peter Ocko, Ben Grogan, Ryan Johnson, imdb.com
“Maybe more than any other part of our physical selves, hair has the ever-present capacity to betray us.”— Amanda Mull, theoutline.com
“If all the world were blind except myself I should not care for fine clothes or furniture.”— P.T. Barnum, amazon.com
“Adena El Amin: You know, there's a lot more inside of a woman than what you can see on the outside. Kat Edison: Yeah, I know. There's a lot more inside of me, too.”— Sarah Watson, Kat Edison, Aisha Dee, imdb.com
“What was it we say about appearances? Yes, they can be deceiving. But most of the time, what you see is what you get.”— Jessica Queller, Gossip Girl, Kristen Bell, imdb.com
“It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, ‘rest.’ We distinguish between living and dead matter; between moving bodies and bodies at rest. This is a primitive point of view. What seems dead, a stone or the proverbial ‘door-nail,’ say, is…”— Max Born, todayinsci.com
“I feel like you wear a mask when I meet you. Shadows in the yard, what do we do?”— Adam McIlwee, twitter.com
“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.”— David Ogden Stiers, Narrator, amazon.com
“Lilly! Just stop it, OK? Just because your hair sucks, get off mine!”— Gina Wendkos, Mia, Anne Hathaway, imdb.com
“It seemed like a joke, how much all of these dudes looked alike, like living was so hard it just erased your features, rubbed out anything distinctive.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“Life’s never a postcard of life, is it? It never feels like how you’d want it to look.”— Russell Brand, amazon.com
“It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com