#superficial

A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obvious to the superficial observer. ↗

— Hesketh Pearson

#been #bring #changes #character #characteristics

Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise. ↗

— Idries Shah

#donkeys #ego #evolution #intelligence #poses

But Sir Alistair’s gaze was different. Those other men had looked at her with lust or speculation or crass curiosity, but they hadn’t been looking at her really. They’d been looking at what she represented to them: physical love or a valuable prize or an object to be gawked at. When Sir Alistair stared at her, well, he was looking at her. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#depth #identity #love #superficiality #beauty

Physically she was like a swan among more humble fowl – tall, willowy, and exceptionally pretty with fair skin and golden hair, whereas the Chardins were plain and dark, stocky and short. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#snobbery #stereotypes #superficiality #sweet-valley #beauty

I just can’t wait to get out of Sweet Valley,' Jessica explained. 'I feel like I’ve been dancing with the same ten cute guys my whole life. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#dancing #leaving-home #superficiality #sweet-valley #home

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#mass-media #superficiality #media

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. ↗

— Aristotle

#also #be grateful #before #contributed #developing

Actors make bad lovers. Their most important kiss is for the camera. Not in a superficial way, in a really deep way. They can only give everything if they know someone is going to shout cut! ↗

— Rupert Everett

#camera #cut #deep #deep way #everything

I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point? ↗

— Courteney Cox

#friend #friends #i #lonely #otherwise

Places like New York are just too intense, too much about money, too much about ambition; it's all too superficial for me. ↗

— Carmen Kass

#ambition #intense #just #like #me