Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
It was not until the appearance of cyberpunk in the 1980s that SF began to grapple in a broadly meaningful way with the reality of computers as something other than giant mainframes tended by crewcut IBM nerds.
Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
However muted its present appearance may be, sexual dominion obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most pervasive ideology of our culture and provides its most fundamental concept of power.
Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
Astronomers sometimes observe that a star of medium magnitude increases suddenly in size; a star invisible to the naked eye may become very brilliant and visible without any telescope - the appearance of a Nova.
Neglect of appearance becomes men.
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.
My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
Sleep is incredibly important for physical appearance.
I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.
A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.
It is soul-destroying to have your work and physical appearance picked to pieces.
Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.
In seven books, I've written my fair share of baby epilogues. Pregnancies and births and even grandchildren have made an appearance in the final pages of my books.
The external appearance of any construction projects that are created during the time of the National Socialist Reich must take on the sensibility of our time.
An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians.
The appearance of the bones of quadrupeds, especially those of complete bodies in the strata, tells us either that the layer itself which carries them was in earlier times dry land or that dry land was at least formed in the immediate area.
The appearance on 'The Tonight Show' was one thing, but the YouTube afterlife was incredible.
