Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.
I'm troubled by how much I like Rowan Williams. I think it reveals character flaws in myself that I'd rather not think about. The softly spoken soon-to-be-former Archbishop of Canterbury is my secret crush, my weird pash, and my guilty pleasure.
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
Indulgence in frivolous speech not only reveals one's lack of moral character, but it deprives him of good qualities also.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.
In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact.
Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.
Stocks change. Industries change. But the underlying reasons certain stocks are good investments remain the same. Only the fullness of time reveals which are the most sound.
One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.
You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.
The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken.
I think the beauty and mystery of boxing is just the immediacy of how it reveals people unlike anything else.
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.
The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.
What's great about an office Christmas party is that it uncovers and reveals parts of your personality that you didn't see coming.
The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture.
Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
The standard entertainment industry reaction to Hollywood's box office slump reveals the same shallow, materialistic mindset that helped create the problem in the first place.
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.
Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities.
I'm not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.
I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself.
'Dreams From My Father' reveals more about Obama than is usually known about political leaders until after they're dead. Perhaps more than it intends, it shows his mind working, in real time, sentence by sentence, in what feels like a private audience with the reader.
When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.
I am fascinated by how people eat and what it reveals about them.
Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.
Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself.
Working on 'Drive', a lot of fun. This is Tim Minear whom I've worked with before on 'Firefly' of course. He called me up and said, 'I've got a part for you that you will love,' and I love Tim's writing. I love his stories. I love his characters, his dialogue. He has a knack for reveals and he has a knack for moments.
A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
