Appearances Can Be Deceiving Quotes

I am not as simple as I look.

You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look.

You can't go by what things look like on paper.

All is not gold that glitters.

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

Don't get caught up in the 'look' thing. Sometimes, we as men and women, the first thing that attracts us to someone is their physical appearance, and that's not always a good thing because what's good on the outside is not always good on the inside.

It may look perfect, but that's one thing I have learned about life is that it isn't always what it looks.

Don't judge a book by its thickness either.

I've learned that you really cannot judge a book by its cover.

The 'Raining Gold' video naturally took on one of the messages behind the song, which is you should never assume anything about someone or a situation just because it looks a certain way on the surface.

As ugly an admission as this is, I met my wife at a party, and if I had been to the same party and she were dressed in different clothes, I might never have talked to her. She might have projected something that I found distasteful, even if she otherwise looked exactly the same - a beautiful woman to me.

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

I learned early on that 'Billy on the Street' is a great lesson in 'Don't judge a book by its cover.'

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

Gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Sometimes with the Palins, it's exactly what it looks like.

As it turns out, what looks like science sometimes is not.

All is not gold that glitters, as we have often been told; and the adage is verified in your place and my favour; but if what happens does not make us richer, we must bid it welcome, if it makes us wiser.