Famous Quotes & Sayings

Seth Shostak

The principal reason for the universe's poker face is that its constituents are far away. Stars careen through space, and galaxies spin at speeds thousands of times faster than a jet plane. But given their distance, you'd need the patience of Job to notice much change in their appearance or position.

Seth Shostak

The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands or millions of years. Indeed, only the sun, moon and planets - together with the occasional comet, asteroid or meteor - seem dynamic.

Those old streetscapes didn't present a tidy appearance -- it was a real syncopation of signs and storefronts with neon and flashing lights -- and I think the planners of the '60s looked down on that kind of environment. The instinct was to clear everything out and start afresh. There were good things about that, but it was also done at a real cost to the existing street life.

Marquis de Lafayette

The American women are very pretty and have great simplicity of character, and the extreme neatness of their appearance is truly delightful: cleanliness is everywhere even more studiously attended to here than in England.

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

Our outward appearance is a reflection of what we are on the inside. Our lives reflect that for which we seek. And if with all our hearts we truly seek to know the Savior and to be more like Him, we shall be, for He is our divine, eternal Brother.

Aesop

Appearances are deceptive.

Mary McCarthy

Old money is fully as moronic as new money but it has inherited an appearance of cultivation.

Katherine Harris

The appearance doesn't matter as much as the content.

When you're multitasking, you get the appearance that you are working on several things at once, but if you stop and finish one thing, and then the other, you'll get them done faster.

Whereas women generally value their appearance more than men, which can lead to 'retail therapy,' men value social recognition. Even though they're both trying to build self-esteem, they're coming at it from two very different directions.

Other than the interpreters' booths, the courtroom has the normal appearance of a multi-defendant trial.

Other than the Anthony Davis piece, I don't think (Iowa State) did anything wrong. But the fact that we're associated with something that certainly has the appearance that is less than desirable ... that's a concern.

That creates the appearance of government for sale. It feeds a growing public suspicion that campaign donors are treated differently, that they're given favors in state government. Of course that has an enormous corrosive effect on public confidence in our state government.

Mary Shelley

My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy.

My view, as of this moment, is that to dismiss this case would in appearance and in fact improperly 'short circuit' this trial,

Oscar Wilde

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Jeanette Lee's appearance fee rose to US$10,000 per day this year. We weren't prepared to pay that type of money for her to play.

Jay has been valuable in the growth of KKZN not only on-air but because of his personal-appearance work.

Mark Twain

Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.

Oscar Wilde

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

Planning's already begun for many future jerseys. I wouldn't be surprised if T.J. were to make an appearance in 2006.

Part of professionalism extends to the quality of the shop's appearance.

Christopher Darden

I am back in the courtroom as a defense attorney. In fact, my first court appearance in a felony case as a defense lawyer was in front of guess who?

Certainly I can have no valid objection to his personal political preferences. However, making them known in such a public way, I believe, compromises both the appearance and the reality of nonpartisanship so expected from journalists and media commentators.

Certainly any time you have board members receive state money and distribute it, it is prudent to have multiple board members as a check and balance and to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

Business casual may work in many environments, but in the trades, informal dress doesn't open many doors to new business. Better appearance can.

Julius Erving

Hopefully this will stimulate the appearance of new talents in Brazil.

There is a new climate in Washington. Even the appearance of impropriety can do in a career.

We look forward to Mr. Hendrix's appearance before the board of canvassers on Thursday.

Albert Bushnell Hart

In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.

Hari Kondabolu

January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by the now-defunct HBO Comedy Festival, and that led to an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' and a path to a professional comedy career.