Quotes about Superficiality
He likes to wear bow ties so we'll all know how intelligent he is. Personally, I've seen Post-it notes with more depth.
- Bill Clinton
You'd be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look
- Bishop TD Jakes
Our clinging to the opinions of others reveals how superficial we are. We have little to stand on. We have to be kept alive by adulation and praise. Those who are deeply rooted in the love of God can enjoy human praise without being attached to it.
- Henri Nouwen
The absence of love leaves a devastating void. When it is not present, your spirituality becomes superficial, your benevolent deeds self-centered, and your sacrifices insincere. In any relationship where love is not your motivation, you can expect it to feel bland and unfulfilling—if not meaningless.
- Stephen Kendrick
I perceive that we inhabitants of New England live this mean life that we do because our vision does not penetrate the surface ofthings. We think that that is which appears to be.
- Henry David Thoreau
Is it any coincidence that the plastic surgeons most interested in pushing breast reconstruction and most involved in the superficial aspects of women's breasts speak the language of sexist pigs?
- Audre Lorde
There is one thing infinitely more pathetic than to have lost the woman one is in love with, and that is to have won her and found out how shallow she is!
- Oscar Wilde
I find a lot of really hot people to be extremely boring because they haven't had to work at it.
- Drew Barrymore
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.
- John Updike
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.
- Anonymous
In the Christianity of Christendom the Cross has become something like the child's hobby-horse and trumpet.
- Soren Kierkegaard
A pretty face and a beautiful body blind a man more quickly than any poker through the eyes.
- Francine Rivers