Faces Quotes - Page 17

• Fearlessness is not the absence of fear, fearlessness is the total presence of fear with the courage to face it.

  Rajneesh

  Absence, Fearlessness

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• We need new words for what this is, this hunger entering our loneliness like birds, stunning our eyes into rays of hope. we need the flutter that can save us, something that will swirl across the face of what we have become and bring us grace.

  Lucille Clifton

  Loneliness, Eye, Bird

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• George Eliot has the heart of Sappho; but the face, with the long proboscis, the protruding teeth of the Apocalyptic horse, betrayed animality.

  George Meredith

  Horse, Heart, Long

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• Your moment of clarity comes when you face your fears. Sobriety gave me back me - my life. Self-medication kills you slowly. You can never get a handle on that. It's a highly destructive force that has to be dealt with on a spiritual level as much as a physical one.

  Chaka Khan

  Spiritual, Self, Sobriety

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• I'm like the female version of George Clooney in 'Up in the Air.' I have to have an eye mask, and Amore Pacific has this cream face mask that's moisturizing. Moisture is so important in the stuffy, dry air on a plane.

  Nina Dobrev

  Eye, Air, Important

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• Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Running, Hair, Sometimes

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.46, GENERAL PRESS

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• If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

  Akio Morita

  Responsibility, Sacrifice, Risk

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• I really hope it engenders a lot of conversation because I believe there are a lot of people who put on faces. We all do it, every time we walk out the door. And there are a lot of people who have to hide who they are. And I think this story speaks to that.

  Glenn Close

  Believe, Thinking, Doors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't have the body or the face for romantic comedies, so I've never been offered those. The challenge is that a lot of people see you only as your last character, so you're constantly competing with whatever your last movie was.

  Glenn Close

  Character, People, Challenges

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

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• Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Song, Jason, Earth

  "The original riot grrrl on Katy Perry, '90s revival". Interview with Abbey Goodman, www.cnn.com. June 7, 2011.

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• I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.

  Diora Baird

  Teacher, Party, School

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• That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea that politicians- even the slickest and brightest presidential candidates- were real heroes and truly exciting people. That is wrong on its face. They are mainly dull people with corrupt instincts and criminal children.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Children, Real, Hero

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, p.265, Simon and Schuster

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• The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.

  Lou Holtz

  Use, Half, Way

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• Actually, when I'm not filming a movie, my beauty approach is really natural - I prefer a bare face that looks really healthy and dewy.

  Eva Green

  Healthy, Looks, Natural

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• I always start the day with a cup of hot water and lemon - I find it really cleanses and hydrates me. I have very sensitive, dry skin, so I have to be careful about what I put on my face. My must-haves are Dermalogica cleansing gel and L'Or De Vie Creme Riche by Dior, which is thick and nourishing.

  Eva Green

  Water, Skins, Cups

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• The world of demons, fallen Angels, is very real - a fact we need to know. We have to face up to this terrible reality, so that we do not fall unsuspectingly into their hands and come under their tyranny.

  Basilea Schlink

  Real, Fall, Angel

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• Both we and the Soviets face the common threat of nuclear destruction and there is no likelihood that either capitalism or communism will survive a nuclear war.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  War, Nuclear, Common

  "The Ashes of Capitalism and the Ashes of Communism". "Quest for Peace: an Introduction". Book edited by John M. Whiteley, 1986.

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• The face and the actor is great, but if you were to start out and you said, "my name is Humphrey" somebody would punch you out, because that's a stupid name to have.

  Jamie Farr

  Stupid, Names, Actors

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• Marriage equality is a term so ridiculous on its face that when you hear it mentioned, you would think you were in Riyadh. Years from now, perhaps we can lose the equality part, the same-sex part and call it what it is - marriage.

  Henry Rollins

  Sex, Thinking, Years

  "Henry Rollins: Gay Marriage Is Punk Rock" by Henry Rollins, www.laweekly.com. December 20, 2012.

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• Death metal uses a lot of white face paint and black hair dye to make its point. I quite enjoy this genre for its intensity, extremism and underlying irony: You have to be alive to play it and listen to it.

  Henry Rollins

  Play, White, Hair

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• It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.

  Henry Rollins

  Play, Guy, Friendly

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• America is off-the-hook gay. I will not go all Ann Coulter on you and say, 'Our gays are better than their gays,' but as far as countries go, we are in-your-face gay.

  Henry Rollins

  Country, Gay, America

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• Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with.

  Henry Rollins

  Running, Men, Castles

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• I wonder how Colin Powell sleeps at night. I would like to have a word with him because he lied. He lied. He lied to me. He lied to my face through the camera at the U.N.

  Henry Rollins

  Sleep, Night, Cameras

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• Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.

  Henry Rollins

  Country, Men, Looks

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