Dan Brown Quotes

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak.

Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.

My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'

Columbo was never comfortable if somebody considered him unique or smart.

I look like a sweet, corn-fed kid. My roles are my rebellion.

I tell people all the time, 'Don't be fooled, because I am a man by day.'

I have had to answer questions like, 'But you don't look like lead material.' Now, I still don't know what 'lead material' looks like because everyone has eyes, a nose, and a face.

I think everybody who sees me would think that I'm really scary or something. But I'm not!

Kimbo Slice the man, you watch the YouTube videos of this guy in backyards, and they start fighting and you think this guy's a thug. You think he's a bad guy, you have this perception of him and then you meet him, it isn't true. It's the exact opposite. He's a really good guy.

Our music contradicts our look.

He may look dumb, but that's just a disguise.

Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face, and cannot escape from its charm.

People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.

Truth, like light is dazzling. By contrast, untruth is a beautiful sunset that enhances everything.

If there's one thing on this planet you don't look like it's a bunch of good luck walkin around.

He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.

The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

Everybody thinks I'm this delicate little girl. But you can't tell a book by it's cover.' To which she added a momentary smile.

The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.

Like someone once said, "If you're going to play the part, you better wear the eye patch." You need to perform the function, you know.

I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.