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Coward dogs most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before them. — William Shakespeare

People around me never say anything. They just seem to want to hear what I have to say. That's why I do all the talking. — Marlon Brando

There are many trials that seem hard to bear at first which prove true blessings later when we see of what false materials they were first composed. — Stephen Vincent Benet

Ports are necessities, like postage stamps or soap, but they seldom seem to care what impressions they make. — Elizabeth Bishop

Dreams and visions are not always what they seem to be," Kalidess said quietly. — Tyrean Martinson

Things are no longer what they seem to be. My telephones are haunted, and animals whisper at me from unseen places. — Hunter S. Thompson

I really don't know why the Muslims do what they are doing. Those terrorists don't seem to have a moral code. — Jack Higgins

Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden. — Erma Bombeck

My favorite animal in the park is the grizzly, icnonic, graceful, and with eyes that seem to know, and what they know is sad. — Danielle Rohr

Many public-school children seem to know only two dates - 1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either occasion. — Mark Twain

One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing. — Anthony Bourdain

There are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely. That's what I don't like. — Bobby Fischer

Not all accidents are what they seem. Victims do no even know why they have been chosen. — Brian Herbert

Stay open minded. Things aren't always what they seem to be. — Scottie Waves

Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea! — William Booth

At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films. — Bruce Beresford

I have a lot of Japanese fans, but in Korea they seem to go crazy for me. I don't know what it is, but they seem to like my style. — Shu Qi

They could not seem to grasp that what mattered was what you did. Not what you said or thought about. — Philipp Meyer

In my opinion a lot of people who may seem happy now would do what I did or similar things if they had the money and the time. I — John Fowles

Sometimes things are more complicated than they seem. Sometimes what you see isn't so black and white. — Victoria H. Smith

Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think — John Gierach

This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want. And, if you do this, people will keep coming back. — John Ilhan

Who keeps on loving you when you've been lying, saying things that ain't what they seem? God does, but I don't. God will, but I won't. — Lyle Lovett

Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money. — Ed Seykota

Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson. — Mark Twain

Some days are happy days - of themselves, as if for their own sakes. They seem to be enjoying themselves, regardless of what use may be made of them. — Susan Glaspell

Animals can seem more pure. Without complication, I mean, animals are selfless. What animals do for us, they do out of instinct. — Susan Orlean

I wonder why some people seem to be born knowing what they want to do with their lives and others - mostly me - have no idea. — Kasie West

I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don't seem to care. — George Pelecanos

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture. — Michael Caine

Rebellion can seem pointless to those whom have never had to fight for what they need, or would like. Privilege is not always kindly given. — Cheri Bauer

People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and, moreover, make you want to admire them for it. — Walter Isaacson

Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are. — Shonda Rhimes

People are rarely what they seem, babe. — Stacy Kramer

There is only one plot - things are not what they seem. — Jim Thompson

Be careful ... not all are what they seem. Some people pretend to be the beach, but they're actually quicksand. — Steve Maraboli

Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it. — Charles Bukowski

Things aren't always what they seem, are they? — N.E. Bode

All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

Things aren't always what they seem
You're only seeing part of me
There's more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes. — Francesca Battistelli

What wonderful minds we have, even though they don't seem to get us anywhere, or make us happy. — Tim Parks

Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security. — Neil Young

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

What sorts of sin?
Any sort. When other people commit them, you are startled, but when you commit them yourself, they seem absolutely natural. — Elspeth Huxley

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Most humans, they seem to prattle on about this and that, not even really seeming to care about what they are saying so long as someone is listening. — Shanon Mayer

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions. — Paul Auster

Lots of things are more than what they seem in a purely physical sense. — Jim Butcher

Men should be what they seem. — William Shakespeare

The simple is carefully shunned by those who labour to seem what they would be. — Paul Fussell

All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things. — Sun Ra

This is what I find encouraging about the writing trades: ... They allow lunatics to seem saner than sane. — Kurt Vonnegut

Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are. — Oliver Goldsmith

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. — Neil Gaiman

Men should be what they seem; Or those that be not, would they might seem none!. — William Shakespeare

Things are not what they seem. — A.S. Byatt

Things are seldom what they seem. — W.S. Gilbert

When amazing people with an unshakable instinct for survibal put together, they can achieve what might seem impossible to others. — Vishwas Chavan

Names are not always what they seem. — Mark Twain

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. — Douglas Adams

In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called! — Francisco De Quevedo

Can't you see there's a determinism about the fate of nations? They all seem to get what they deserve in the long run. — Malcolm Lowry

Everyone had a dirty, little secret that is never spoken out loud to anyone. Which is another way of saying people are never what they seem. — Anonymous

They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. — Oliver Goldsmith

Where magic is the essence of existence and those who wield it, rarely what they seem — Kathryn Royce-Martin

Sometimes things aren't what you think they are, and even when things seem really bad, it can work out. — Abigail Tarttelin

Numbers don't lie. You always seem to remember your workouts as being a little better than they were. It's good to go back and review what you do. — Frank Shorter

Events That Haunt The Mind And Scar It With Nightmares Are Never What They Seem ... — P.W. Creighton

things aren't always what they seem. — Courtney Rice Gager

Don't be ashamed to celebrate victories that may seem small to others. Only you and God know what they really cost. — Steven Furtick

I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play. — John Hunter

What? Corpus. Body. Corpse. Good idea the Latin. Stupifies them first. Hospice for the dying. They don't seem to chew it; only swallow it down. — James Joyce

I wonder if this is what other people seem to have that I do not - this courage to fall because they have the memory of standing. Then — Kerry Kletter

DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN ROOT VEGETABLES. WHAT THINGS SEEM TO BE MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE.
-Death — Terry Pratchett

You can tell what was the best year of your father's life, because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out. — Jerry Seinfeld

Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them. — Mason Cooley

Things are not as they seem. They are what they are. — Terry Pratchett

It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem. — Amelia Barr

They seem not to listen to what I have to say, so I'm going to quit. — Richard Kerry

I do not know what the Democratic Party spent, in toto, on the 2004 election, but what they seem to have gotten for it is Barack Obama. Let us savor. — Peggy Noonan

WHAT THINGS SEEM MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE, — Terry Pratchett

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

How did the students respond to being treated like customers? They didn't seem to mind at all. From what one could see, they loved it. — Mark Edmundson

Things are often exactly what they seem---horrifying or distasteful, even repugnant and disgusting. — Norman Giddan

What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people. — Zach Anner

This is pretty obvious, but until things happen, they haven't happened. And often things aren't what they seem. — Haruki Murakami

Be skilled at seeing people for what they are, not for what they seem. — Orson Scott Card

Birds seem to be the happiest creatures on earth, yet they have none of what we call the comforts of life. — Olive Thorne Miller

I guess we don't always know what other people are thinking, even if they seem to have everything figured out. — Zoe Sugg

Those who are content with what they are, have the less concern about what they seem. — George MacDonald

People seem to remember the sacrifices they made more than what the sacrifices were for. — Stephen L. Carter

Sometimes things aren't what they seem and even a Seer can't see what's commin'. — Kami Garcia

I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the ass. — Marlon Brando

Please remember: things are not what they seem. — Haruki Murakami

Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden. — Phaedrus

I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

Nice girls aren't always what they seem. — Taylor Cole