Misleading Facade Quotes

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

The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.

I'm a big believer in 'Trojan horses' - There are certain themes that are more palatable when wrapped in something fun or distracting.

Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.

You never know what's really happening behind closed doors. Everything isn't always what it seems.

Common hypocrites pass themselves off as doves; political and literary hypocrites pose as eagles. But don't be fooled by their eagle-like appearance. These are not eagles, but rats or dogs.

If you really want to conceal something, leave it lying about where everyone can see it.

Everyone thought I had everything. I had nothing.

Maybe we should have known that night in Denver that things that begin with plywood Greek columns and artificial smoke typically don't end well. Maybe the Hollywood stars and the glamour blinded us a little: you thought it was the glare, some of us thought it was a halo.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

That which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin

People sometimes turn out to be almost the opposite of how they present. It isn't because they're trying to fool you or because they're hypocrites. It's because they badly want to be that thing, and so they'll try to be it.

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.

Pretend to be good always and even God will be fooled.

Always scorn appearances and you always may.

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me.

Sometimes the things I do look effortless, but it's not like that. It's very difficult, but because of my style, I make it look easy.

The two misconceptions of me are I didn't work hard, and that everything I made it look easy.

Maybe a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface.