Quotes about Perception

The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it.

What people think of you is none of your business.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!

If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.

A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization.

Guns don't kill people, dads with daughters do.

If you only play the glamour doll and you want to cling on to the image, then it will be difficult. But if you don't, you will prolong your career.

I live my life like anybody else, and people choose to write about mine. And what they write I can't control - when they write lies at least - because the laws can't really protect you unless you can prove malicious intent. So I just choose not to read it.