Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think it does give the appearance of preferential treatment with respect to gender or with respect to rank,

Charles Darwin

Here, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat nearer to the great fact -- the mysteries of mysteries -- the fist appearance of new beings on earth,

He really wants to make this event his first public appearance in Maine. We just love him here and he will get a real hero's welcome.

Abraham Lincoln

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have? Four, calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg

The IPO market gives the outward appearance of a rebound but that is a false sense of confidence. The market is firming up and there are definitely upgrades but not all the signs are clear.

Allen Iverson

The first appearance is always going to be the most memorable. This one is special because I'm 30 years old and you hear all the negative things about your game declining and at this point you should be breaking down. I still go out and play hard every night and give it my all. I guess the fans recognize that because they put me in the All-Star game.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality

A lot of times it's appearance, how a guy looks. Is his shirt tucked in, what kind of socks he wears, how he walks. That's very, very important. Because you're being evaluated every minute of the day. Every time you're walking through the lobby, someone is watching you. Because we're talking a lot of money, a very important decision.

James Anthony Froude

Thy plain and open nature sees mankind But in appearance, not what they are.

All this had been accomplished without giving the appearance of bullying Korea that could raise questions in the United States about Japan's true intentions. In short, Japan could plausibly cite humanitarian concern for the welfare of overseas Koreans that would on the surface appear to be legitimate.

Henry Hudson

These I saw there, in a house well constructed of oak bark, and circular in shape, so that it had the appearance of being built with an arched roof.

Napoleon Hill

When one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

Epictetus

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

Epicurus

When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth.

It's not going to give us more (traffic). It just needs to be done for safety and appearance.

Economic problems are half fundamentals and half confidence. For confidence to come back, you don't have to fix everything -- you just have to give the appearance of having fixed everything.

Kristanna Loken

There was a period of time where I tried to cut my hair and dye it and change my appearance, but I realize that in the end, you look better in a specific way and people are always going to pass judgement on you, so it's really up to them to see you in the light that you want to be seen.

Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.

The new judge, by muzzling Saddam and his people, gives the appearance that this is roughshod justice and he'll turn these guys into martyrs.

Nathan Followill

It's neat to see how they're growing, ... The other night they were on Carson Daly. It was their first TV appearance ever. It was neat to see how they acted. It reminded me of how we were. They're still looking at their guitar while they're playing it.

It's repeated appearances that make that impact. If you get two, three or four appearances in a season, you're talking about some major appearance impact for the university.

David Harris

It's sad to see Gary go out this way. I've been a vocal critic of his coaching, but you can't let someone go for such a petty issue. We're giving the appearance that we're firing a man for cause and I think that's reprehensible.

Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Then I heard from the PR person for the ALA, talking about my appearance on the 'Today' show,

The next step is his first appearance in court. We expect that to be Tuesday morning.

The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.

It's changed the appearance of the park quite a bit.

It's an appearance of justice, but it's not justice.

It's hard to be taken seriously as a woman because there are a lot of things out there that have shunned women's wrestling; it's turned into catfights and bra and panty matches. I think the fans sometimes would be just happy if we just pulled our hair and rolled around. I understand that there's that physical appearance you have to have and I work really hard at it. I work out every day and keep a healthy diet.

Margaret Cho

It's very frustrating because we're always judging women on their appearance. It's so casual and never questioned. There needs to be somebody standing around and asking why this is still happening.

Martin Jacques

The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance - are the Uighurs and Tibetans. In these two groups, the Han Chinese come face to face with difference.

Paul Di Filippo

It was not until the appearance of cyberpunk in the 1980s that SF began to grapple in a broadly meaningful way with the reality of computers as something other than giant mainframes tended by crewcut IBM nerds.

James Nasmyth

Nevertheless, I was exceedingly delighted with the appearance of the city of Nuremberg. It carries one back to the mediaeval times!