We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.

If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it.

Take absolutely nothing at face value, because ever since poker, face has had none.

I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.

If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip.

I was 7 years old, and I challenged everything. I never accepted answers on face value.