Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.
A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.
People take things at face value on social media. Earnestness is the assumption.
I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.
I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value.
I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.'
If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip.
We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.
If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it.