Appearance Quotes

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.

Can you imagine anybody wanting to look this way for real?

Passport Picture – A photo of a man that looks exactly the way his friends see him.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

Passport pictures are what people really look like.

Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream; Highlows pass as patent leathers; Jackdaws strut in peacock’s feathers… Black sheep dwell in every fold; All that glitters is not gold; Storks turn out to be but logs; Bulls are but inflated frogs.

Fashion is a tool… to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of.

He looks like he’s been beat through hell with a soot bag.

Advancement often depends not on rightness of action, but on acceptable behavior and image, e.g., self-control, appearance and dress, perception as a team player, style and patron of power. The result of all this is ethical erosion.