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Mask Quotes

On face masks, self care, and staying yourself underneath.

A face mask gets treated as ordinary self-care here, something reached for after too much sun or too much makeup, made from ingredients as simple as egg whites and olive oil. This page also gathers quotes about masks in the identity sense. Related reading continues on Cover quotes.

When I was younger, I actually had a ghost face mask, and I stood in my sister's room in the corner for, like, half an hour until she saw in the reflection, me behind her, and she freaked out and...

Quotes by Rory Culkin

If you see someone on a plane with an eye mask, sleeping, that's probably me, because that's pretty much where I live.

Quotes by Ronna McDaniel

I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a chance of having an overview and looking at the shape of how things happen, when things happen, why things happen, I think it was fitting...

Quotes by Ron Perlman

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

Psychopathy might lurk behind the mask of sanity.

Quotes by Robert J. Sawyer

Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion.

Quotes by Robert H. Schuller

Neutrality is generally used as a mask to hide unusual bitterness. Sometimes it hides what it is - nothing. It always stands for hollowness of head or bitterness of heart, sometimes for both.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

Quotes by River Phoenix

Scientology always makes me think of that movie 'V' where that woman takes off her mask of human flesh to reveal her true, alien self.

Quotes by Rick Astley

When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.

Quotes by Rick Baker

If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!

Quotes by Richard Simmons

Well, when I was a kid, if my father was witnessing something that he thought was particularly outrageous or he was looking at some sort of a question that he thought lacked proper definition, he would say, Well, at least...

Quotes by Richard Neal

We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!

Quotes by Richard Curtis

That's really what drew me into wrestling. To see my own uncle put on the mask every Friday to go into the ring, and me putting on his masks to play wrestle with him. It was a whole different world...

Quotes by Rey Mysterio

The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered.

Quotes by Rene Auberjonois

Most human beings have enough sense to know that if they work in a city that has a serious smog problem, it's wise to either stay indoors or at least wear a mask that will filter out the poison. But...

Quotes by Ray Comfort

Solemnity in politicians is not only tiresome but may even mask those twin sins - self-righteousness and intolerance - for the opinions of others. If I couldn't laugh, I couldn't live, especially in politics.

Quotes by Ralph Bellamy

I was given a mask of myself by Frances Barber when we opened 'Julius Caesar.' I looked much younger and prettier. Wearing it was certainly cheaper than Botox.

Quotes by Phyllida Lloyd

Sometimes macho language is to mask things people are not ready to deal with.

Quotes by Phil Klay

With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.

Quotes by Peter Mayhew

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of mask appear in this collection?
It mixes the literal and the figurative — skincare masks (a hydrogen mask to soothe skin, an egg-white and olive-oil hair mask), a public figure's mask worn on camera, and a political accusation that a "war on women" narrative was used to mask an economic record.
Does the political quote take a side?
It's presented as one side's accusation — that a "phony 'war on women' narrative" was used to distract from a poor record on the economy and jobs — included here to show how mask gets used rhetorically in political debate, not as an endorsed claim.
Are there beauty-routine quotes in this collection?
Yes — two describe literal face and hair masks, including a hydrogen mask "supposed to soothe and relax your skin" and a homemade egg-white, olive-oil hair mask for shine and conditioning.
Is there a quote about hiding behind a mask personally?
One reflects on not feeling very different with "the mask on or not," while also admitting a dislike of interviews and public appearances — suggesting the mask matters less than the discomfort of being seen at all.
Where can I read related quotes?
For the idea of concealment more broadly, see Concealment quotes, or for what a mask protects against, Protection quotes.

One line insists a person feels no different underneath a mask, whatever it happens to be covering. For nearby themes, browse Concealment quotes or Emotion quotes.