"Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world."

-- A. C. Benson

#World Quotes #Appearance Quotes

“Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the relation of knowledge to being...It appears only when a man feels and senses what is connected with it.”
“He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it.”

Source : "Fictional character: Vicki Lester". "A Star Is Born", 1954.
“[I]t just makes me tired even thinking about it. It reminds me of that feeling I had before I left. Like my lungs were made of lead. Like I can't even think about starting to care about anything. Like I either wish that they were all dead, or I was, because I can't stand the pull of all that history between us. That's before I even pick up the phone. I'm so tired I never want to wake up again. But I've figured out now that it was never them that made me feel that way. It was just me, all along.”
“Let me tell you girls the three most important things I learned about life: Number one: Hold fast to your friends; number two: There's no such thing as security; and number three: Don't go see 'Ishtar.'”

Source : "The Golden Girls". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1985 - 1992.
“Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.”
“I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be.”
“I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose, Drinking fresh mango juice. Goldfish shoals, nibbling at my toes. Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun. Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun.”
“Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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