If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.
Sympathy is a shallow stream in the souls of those who have not suffered.
Loving a thing is shallow, only if you don't deeply appreciate its emotional value.
But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.
The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world.
The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.
Life can be very deep, but I'm trying to stay at the shallow end.
Shallow uniformity is not an accident but a consequence of what Marxists optimistically call late capitalism.
The thing I don't like about L. A. is that it's very industry-focused. That's not bad for kids. It's not hedonistic or anything, not any more shallow than anybody in the Midwest. It's not that.
The lips know only shallow tunes
. . . because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?
Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It's a shallow dependence on the exterior self, on how one looks instead of what one is. I know this well. . . Vanity and dishonesty may be vices, but they're also the first forms of protection I ever knew.
We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.
I'm not here to put down men, God love them and I'm married to one, but I do think they are more shallow.
Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom.
To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals.
The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.
It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous and shallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said 'Faith is believing what you know ain't so'.