the quote that it doesnt matter on what they look on the outside but what they are in the inside. i dont like that figure of speech. its really annoying.
2006-08-07 14:40:32 · 8 answers · asked by Saph 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
it's such a cliche quote that no one believes it anymore. it's now classified as corny and unrealistic. i can kinda understand why, since the first impression you make on people is how you look on the outside, and appearances DO matter. it's a really unrealistic quote, so no one uses it anymore.
2006-08-07 17:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by belleswan 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The quote is "It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside. It's what you are on the inside that counts." It means that no matter how beautiful or good looking or handsome you may be, if you are not a good, loving, kind and caring person, then the other stuff doesn't mean anything.
For instance you may meet someone who is not attractive and you may think "Yuck that person looks awful. I do not like him and I don't want to know him." But instead you find that you actually begin to like the person after all because he or she turns out to have a very pleasant personality. In the end, it is who that person is on the inside and not what he look like on the outside that counts. This is not a figure of speech. I think it is called an idiom but I am not sure of that.
2006-08-07 14:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by Sicilian Godmother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is poorly and not correctly quoted, and that may qualify as dumb, but I do not think so.
It is merely a cliche, but an accurate one, as superficial qualities are far less important than more intangible ones.
2006-08-07 16:29:23 · answer #3 · answered by But why is the rum always gone? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not. Alot of people are so fake on appearance, they only look at the outside and not the inside.
2006-08-07 15:01:23 · answer #4 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't like it, nothing anyone can do about it, but you will just come off as vain and shallow to others. I don't want to seem shallow or mean, it's just my observation from the way you phrased the question. BTW, would have helped if you proof read it before you posted it.
2006-08-07 15:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well maybe if you could put it in grammatically correct terms it wouldn't be dumb or annoying!
2006-08-07 18:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by lynn_nguyen00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think it's a dumb quote.
2006-08-07 16:29:27 · answer #7 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't judge a book by its cover.
is a close enough saying (aphorism),
that you may prefer.
Dan.
2006-08-07 14:45:51 · answer #8 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋