Never Judge A Book By Its Cover Similar Quotes

I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day. ~ Ozzy Osbourne

Some people say, 'Do not judge the book by its cover!' Well, I say not to judge at all. People can say anything they want to say, but for me, cover does matter. ~ Toba Beta

Never judge a book by its cover, be the judge of what's inside. . . ~ Pearl

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone? ~ E.A. Bucchianeri

My grandad always said, "You should never judge a book by its cover." And it's for that reason that he lost his job as chair of the British Book Cover Awards panel. ~ Stewart Lee

My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover. ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Never judge a cover by its book. ~ Fran Lebowitz

Never judge a book by the cover, you may miss out on what could be your favorite book ~ Sharon Watkins

Never judge a book by it's cover. ~ Anonymous

I've always been a big fan of beauty. Sure, you can't judge a book by its cover but who wants to have sex with a book? ~ Stephen Colbert

Never judge a book by it's cover or who you're going to love by your lover. ~ Steven Tyler

Don't judge a book by its cover. Mom is always saying that, but most of the time, I think that's exactly what people are asking us to do: Please. Judge me by my cover. Judge me by exactly what I've worked so hard to show you. ~ Aaron Hartzler

You might not be able to judge a book by it's cover, but you can certainly judge the person who owns the book. ~ C.J. Tudor

Never judge the others
for each one wears a cover
for their version of the original.
(talking about individuals in the stream of consciousness that gives rise to each one of us.) ~ Jay Woodman

If somebody says to you the quote"don't judge the book by its cover", then better first close your eyes for a moment and try not to judge anybody at all. Even much better if you don't have to believe in 100% with that quote. ~ Toba Beta

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book. ~ Jamie Lee Curtis

don't judge a book by it's cover
you never know what story is inside. ~ Chlo Woods

Never judge a book by its cover, its contents may have the inspiration one needed for progression ~ L. Neal

It may be true that you can't judge a book by its cover," Daisy G. had told Blister just last summer. "But the cover tells you something about the book and don't ever pretend it doesn't. ~ Susan Richards Shreve

Never Judge a Book by its Cover". This quote doesn't apply to books only, but also to people, places and everything else. ~ Edwin Rolfe And Lester Fuller

Don't judge me by the cover, 'cause I'm a real good book. ~ Dolly Parton

We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines. ~ Axl Rose

The same way we don't judge a book by its cover, we shouldn't judge people by their looks. ~ Eva Garcia

You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look. ~ Action Bronson

But I guess that, just as you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't judge a person by the width of their smile. ~ Sif Sigmarsdóttir

Perfect Roses have Thorns too Ya'know ~ Beatrice

Wait a second, is a snooty book critic actually admitting to judging books by their covers? ~ Larry Correia

They think they know the book by its cover, but the book knows what it is. Now he knew better; if the book never opens up and comes out, it can be warped to fit the image others see.
... No, a book wasn't invulnerable to the appearance of its cover, not by any means. ~ Ken Kesey

You can judge this book by its cover. ~ Tom Icon

Don't judge a book by its cover. ~ Liz Braswell

You cannot judge a book by its contents. ~ Jon Stewart

Aspiring authors, get this through your head. Cover art serves one purpose, and one purpose only, to get potential customers interested long enough to pick up the book to read the back cover blurb. In the internet age that means the thumb nail image needs to be interesting enough to click on. That's what covers are for. ~ Larry Correia

Of course you can judge a book by its cover; moreover, we are obliged to. ~ Simon Garfield

I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes. ~ Adam Lambert

Haven't you learned you should never judge a book by its cover? There is a lot of assumptions you've made based on appearance. ~ S.J.D. Peterson

don't judge a book by its cover because a library if filled with them. ~ Joseph Steele

remember the old adage "You can't judge a book by its cover"? I'm here to tell you that's complete bullshit ~ Tim Castleman

Don't judge me, I'm not a book. ~ Melanie Marquez

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation. ~ Malcolm Gladwell

What benefit will I get if I know one book from cover to cover? - Isn't this filling my mind with the ideas of others and losing creativity?! ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo

People still judge a book by its cover, Avery. And your story? It's beautiful. You're beautiful. But I'm nothing but a ripped out page, graffiti where some should never be. Don't taint your story with me. ~ J.M. Darhower

Sometimes I read the same books over and over and over. What's great about books is that the stuff inside doesn't change. People say you can't judge a book by its cover but that's not true because it says right on the cover what's inside. And no matter how many times you read that book the words and pictures don't change. You can open and close books a million times and they stay the same. They look the same. They say the same words. The charts and pictures are the same colors.
Books are not like people. Books are safe. ~ Kathryn Erskine

If you judge me negatively, as you would a book by it's cover, you'd be surprised by what you see written on the pages inside ~ Rick Ferreira

Larry (Summers - director of the National Economic Council) taught me two very important lessons. The first: Never judge a book by its cover (or the articles written about it). The second: Always make time to help a gal out. Kindness - you can call it generosity, or goodwill - really means something. ~ Alyssa Mastromonaco

When I go through hundreds of applications from people who all have very similar-sounding experience, cover letters are the only glimpse I have into a person's personality. ~ Sophia Amoruso

Thank you for your work on the cover of my book. 'The Power of Proactive Recruiting'. From the first communication with you (email) to the phone calls and emails, you were a true profesional and expert in the book cover area. I was happy with your service and elated with the amount of time and speeed at which you completed the project. I would recommend you to others who are seeking a book cover professional. ~ Henry Glickel

Don't judge someone for how they look or where they stand in society. That is like judging a book for its cover or where it sits on a shelf. You'll never find out whats inside unless you give a moment of your time to stop and take a look. ~ Georgette Tange

You can't judge a book by its cover," he said. "No," said Watts. "But you can tell how much it's gonna cost! ~ David Bischoff

George W. Bush was passionate about AIDS. And we had a 10-minute talk at the interval of a concert at the Kennedy Center about AIDS. And I was astonished about how well-informed he was and his commitment to AIDS. And so it's the typical thing of don't judge a book by its cover until you have read the book. ~ Elton John

Hooray! I finally finished making a new book cover. Now I just need to write the book. The cover is the image of a man hanging, so perhaps I'll write a romance novel. ~ Jarod Kintz

The only book I ever read cover to cover was The Pete Rose Story. I read half of The Lou Gehrig Story and then made a book report on it for four straight years. ~ Pete Rose

You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one. ~ Jayce O'Neal

Never tell a book by it' cover... ~ Michael Mandrake

How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book but merely having glimpsed the cover. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in the world for a while. Perhaps bookstore buyers will be indifferent. Perhaps it will be lost on store shelves. Perhaps there's another book or two out there using the same or a similar photo. ~ Nancy Werlin

Don't take purposeless people as your leaders. Their life is like an empty book with a nice cover paper and you have attempted to buy it. Of which use will it be to you for you to read blank pages. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

Never judge the length of a book by it's spine! ~ Stephanie Bates

When I was with him, I felt like a book worth reading all the way through again and again and again. Sure, he liked my cover. I wanted him to, but I wanted him to like everything else too. I imagined him buying the book, studying it, quoting it, memorizing his favorite parts. He'd keep it with him always, like a Bible, hold it sacred even when the cover fell off and the book became bent with age and use. Maybe, he'd be buried with it. That's all I wanted. ~ Candice Raquel Lee

The readers are very similar. The books they know, the questions they ask, the characters they like. That is similar. ~ Gabriel Ba

The way we judge ourselves is the worst judge that ever existed. If we make a mistake in front of people, we try to deny the mistake and cover it up. But as soon as we are alone, the Judge becomes so strong, the guilt is so strong, and we feel so stupid, or so bad, or so unworthy. ~ Miguel Ruiz

We can't keep thinking of gay people as being ostracised; we can't keep thinking of Muslim people as being ostracised because of the fundamentalism that occurs in Islam. Muslim people have to do something about speaking up about it. We can't judge a book by its cover. ~ Elton John

I can never read this book, just like I can never see a movie that I wrote a screenplay for. I can read it and see it physically, but I can't accurately judge it. I'm too close to it. If I read it ten times I'll have ten different reactions. ~ Richard Price

You hold me like a favored book
Pressing my spine with your fingers
Leafing through my pages
Anticipating each phrase
You rest me on your knee
As you ponder their meaning
Feeling me weave
Lyrically through your soul
And when you return to me
You devour me from cover to cover ~ Collette O'Mahony

I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book! ~ Chip Kidd

I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart? ~ Banks

Don't judge my brother; he is not a book. ~ Melanie

I am the worst judge of my books. ~ John Banville

Everyone always looked at the cover and never took the time to read the book. ~ Angela Scott

Sometimes the dustiest cover hides the best book. Sometimes the best cup is chipped. ~ Once Upon A Time Belle

Never judge the quality of a book by its price. ~ Claire Hamelin Manning

Don't judge a book by its thickness either. ~ Craig Bruce

Never judge a book by its price! ~ Claire Hamelin Manning

Our enemies had a tendency to take one look at Charlotte, with her short, slim figure and her pretty, delicate Asian features, and assume she was weak. A low level threat.
Ten seconds later, the look of surprise on his face as he lay on his back, winded, eyes rolled up and watching her support Kate towards the stairs, said he'd possibly learnt his lesson. Never judge a book by it's cover. ~ Violet Cross

Covers, so many covers, so many different, delectable pictures, and although, metaphorically speaking, it is the thing I hate most, when it comes to literature I always judge books by their covers. First the cover will catch my eye, then I read the back of the book, and then finally the first page. ~ Jane Green

Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books. ~ Ann Rule

Never judge a person if you don't know him. ~ Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The way that other people judge me is none of my business. ~ Martha N. Beck

Book cover, 'Reefer Club' Totalitarianism is when people believe they can punish their way to perfection. ~ Newt Gingrich

Choosing a color for your paperback book cover feels like entering a mall and seeing a dress you love, just your size, and available in a number of colors – each of which is lovely in its own manner – so you want them all! ...But you must choose only one... Isn't this one of the hardest choices to make? :-) ~ Sahara Sanders

I just try not to judge. Don't judge me, and I won't judge you. ~ Reba McEntire

Every time you hear someone read your book and liked your book, you're never sure whether that's going to follow with a similar remark from someone else. Perhaps I have low expectations, but whenever I hear someone say, 'I liked your book,' I don't know if it's going to happen again. ~ Joshua Ferris

Writing a book is very similar to a Politicians speech providing the book is Fantasy. ~ Dennis Seddon

Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers. ~ R.A. Salvatore

Seeing your own name on the book cover is like hearing your book saying, Hi. Thanks for writing me! ~ Alvi Syahrin

W-MT: There was a book I read about in the New York Times Book Review. It had a red cover, maybe? A.J.: Yeah, that sounds familiar. [Translation: That is excessively vague. Author, title, description of the plot - these are more useful locators. That the cover might have been red and that it was in the New York Times Book Review helps me far less than you might think.] Anything else you remember about it? [Use your words.] ~ Gabrielle Zevin

I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book. ~ Nancy Werlin

FYI, this book is not that serious. This is meant to be read when super bored, then forgotten fifteen minutes later. It could be read cover-to-cover during one medium-to-severe case of diarrhea. ~ David Spade

She defaced my fly. And I've never been the same since. ~ Mike Judge

I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine. ~ Vera Farmiga

I never judge someone for not knowing a band. I only judge the ones who try to fake it. ~ Becky Albertalli

You can't judge people by their cover. ~ Benjamin Clementine

Don't judge a boy by its cover! ~ R.J. Palacio

Never judge someone based on what you've heard. ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

There's a part of a book that never lies. A writer puts his soul into a book. Every word is two sides of a coin - one side is the lie, the story, the other is the truth, the insight. You can judge someone by the story they tell. ~ Sam Mills

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all. ~ Henry James

What a lovely display of personhood. He's like a good book cover that grabs your gaze. Read me. I'm fun but smart. You won't be able to put me down. ~ Laini Taylor

A book is like a door. You walk through the cover and you don't know what you're going to find. ~ Emily Rodda

If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up.
If you're over 50, which is when time gets shorter, subtract your age from 100 - the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. If you're 100 or over you get to judge the book by its cover, despite the dangers in doing so. ~ Nancy Pearl

Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~ Kelly Rowland

Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals. ~ Cynthia Heimel