#disguise

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#any #comfort #disguises #disposal #does

At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person. ↗

— Tim Duncan

#clown #disguised #i #i am #myself

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#comfort #disguised #fist #flocks #his

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go out in disguise, wear a big floppy hat and dark shades. I would hate that. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#certain #change #dark #disguise #dress

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

#art #disguise #mirth #most #seen

I believe in my mask-- The man I made up is me I believe in my dance-- And my destiny ↗

— Sam Shepard

#faith #idenity #lies #lying #masks

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#continually #disguised #faced #great #insoluble

We, in our Province, are beginning to realize and appreciate that our slowness in keeping up with our North American neighbours may well have been a blessing in disguise. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#appreciate #been #beginning #blessing #disguise

I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#anything #bizarre #characters #disguise #i

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#failure #just #opportunity #sometimes #you