#vanity

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#better #changed #characters #even #hold

It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. ↗

— Mark Twain

#because #call #dull #dumb #his

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does. ↗

— Keith Urban

#because #does #fact #genre #i

In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat. ↗

— David Hewson

#threat #vanity #men

I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#humor #vanity #humor

Vanity is the healthiest thing in life. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#life #thing #vanity

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#act #dangerous #day #dream #dreamers

I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was. ↗

— Gary Numan

#hair #i #important #job #just

You'll forgive the flowery talk, won't you? Our family does so love to be told they are beautiful. Vanity is an old and venerable habit. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#beauty

Vanity is the quicksand of reason. ↗

— George Sand

#reason #vanity