“To watch Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is to take a master class in image construction.”— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, vulture.com
“How can we see ourselves when we're afraid to look at who we really are?”— Nancy Won, Mia Warren, Kerry Washington, imdb.com
“Yeah, the thing about portraits is you need to show people how they want to be seen. I prefer to show people as they really are.”— Liz Tigelaar, Mia Warren, Kerry Washington, imdb.com
“I look like if Steven Spielberg hadn't made any money.”— Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Gil Faizon, Nick Kroll, imdb.com
“Well, they're about to see what a winner looks like.”— Robert Funke, Matt Lutsky, Travis Stubbs, Alexander Skarsgard, imdb.com
“In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times.”— Alan Ball, Buddy Kane, Peter Gallagher, imdb.com
“But the scary voice inside my head that tells me that my body hair renders me unclean, unattractive, and unworthy, continues to grow quieter. And the resounding voice of a girl who doesn’t give a fuck what people think or say about her body hair, is taking its place.”— Sara Radin, buzzfeed.com
“That's where everything started. In those cave paintings there was the creation of the idea of image, of the representation of ourselves.”— Alan Ball, Russell Corwin, Ben Foster, imdb.com
“'I Feel Pretty' is based on a pretty little lie: Looks don’t matter. It’s what’s on the inside that counts.”— Amanda Hess, nytimes.com
“I'm not sorry. I take the apology back 1,000 percent. The reason I made the apology is when the image went out, I thought people would just think, 'That's Kathy doing another shocking image.' I've done many throughout my entire career, and I've done many shocking things.”— Kathy Griffin, rollingstone.com
“But now, although some obscure lineaments of that image are found remaining in us; yet are they so vitiated and maimed, that they may truly be said to be destroyed. For besides the deformity which everywhere appears unsightly, this evil also is added, that no part is free from the infection of sin.”— John Calvin, amazon.com
“I have no control over what people think of me but I have one-hundred percent control of what I think of myself.”— Beth Ditto, theguardian.com
“Over the years you have built an idealized self-image that you defend as "me." In this image are packed all the things you want to see as true about yourself; banished from it are all the shameful, guilty, and fear-provoking aspects that would threaten your self-confidence.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com