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Hide Quotes

What comedy, acting, and confidence conceal.

These quotes treat hiding as something almost everyone does in small ways - comedy used to cover real pain, an actor enjoying the challenge of playing a mother who can't mask her paranoia. See Feel quotes for more on what stays beneath the surface.

I'm a bit of a wuss. I'll even watch, like, a Tom Cruise 'Jack Reacher' movie where, I mean, there's a lot of action, but the violence is no real violence, but I still hide my face because there might...

Quotes by Adina Porter

I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.

Quotes by Adam Levine

I have nothing to hide.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

Stuff used to get me really crazy, touring stuff. I used to hide. I hid from everybody. Back in '87, when things were so hectic, I'd run away. There was so much pressure.

Quotes by Ad-Rock

Behind Quotes

I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.

Quotes by Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.

Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

Not only are Feiglin's people radicals and fascists but also the bearers of severe personal disturbances, which hide behind a layer of patriotic make-up under the camouflage of the Jewish faith.

Quotes by Yossi Sarid

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.

Quotes by Yehudi Menuhin

I think that's why so many school bands start on guitars: because they hide their mistakes with the distortion.

Quotes by Winston Marshall

Feel Quotes

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!

William Shakespeare

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

William Shakespeare

It's easier to play quirky characters and hide behind wardrobe and make-up, especially.

Quotes by William Sanderson

I thought it would be good not to hide the fact that you're taking a photograph, and have people react and come in close and also make a commentary on what's being photographed: 'This is a photo, this is my...

Quotes by William Klein

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the...

Quotes by William Hague

I Am Quotes

You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice.

Quotes by Will Friedle

We're socially constructed to hide our flaws, and that breeds pain for a lot of people.

Quotes by Whitney Cummings

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Quotes by Wendy Wasserstein

Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.

Quotes by Wendi McLendon-Covey

If you have a diverse workforce, then you have a much better chance of picking up on things that a lack of diversity would hide from them.

Quotes by Vivienne Ming

Like Quotes

I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.

Quotes by Victor Salva

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "hide" quotes cover?
It ranges from comedy as a mask for pain, to an actress on playing hidden paranoia, a saying about things too obvious to hide, and a sharply critical political quote.
Is there a quote about comedy and pain?
Yes: "The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain."
Does a quote discuss acting hidden emotions?
Yes: "Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia."
Is there a saying about things that can't be hidden?
Yes: "Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it."
Does this collection include political commentary?
Yes, restrained: one quote sharply criticizes a political figure referred to as "Feiglin" and his followers, saying they "hide behind a layer of patriotic make-up under the camouflage of the Jewish faith." That's presented strictly as the speaker's own harsh political characterization, not a claim about any faith endorsed by this page.

A closing line plays with the idea that real substance can't stay hidden, even when someone tries. Browse Behind quotes or Like quotes for related themes.