Catherine Oxenberg Quotes

I often tend to think that things are not what they seem.

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

Image is what people perceive my life to be. It's nothing like the truth.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

Belief and seeing: They are both often wrong.

Sometimes what we see, what's going on in front of us, isn't really what's happening.

Did you ever think that maybe what you see isn't really what's true?

Seeing is not always believing.

To be called one thing, is oftentimes to be another.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

Appearances frequently deceive us, and what at first sight carries with it the face of good proves to be a real evil, whilst an apparent evil oftentimes conceals an extraordinary good

We do not see people as they are, but as they appear to us. And these appearances are usually misleading.

Everything you see is not always real.

We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye.

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all.

I am not what you see and hear.

Things don't always look as they seem.

Appearances are deceptive.

There are some as are what they are. And there are some as aren't what they seem to be. And there are some as only seem to be what they seem to be.

You think the shadow is the substance.