Quotes about Perception
To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
— William Wordsworth
While with an eye made quiet by the powerOf harmony, and the deep power of joy,We see into the life of things.
— William Wordsworth
One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
— William Wordsworth
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
— William Wordsworth
Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
— William Wordsworth
The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this...
— William Wordsworth
O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in every thing. What more I have to say is short, And you must kindly take it: It is no tale; but, should you think, Perhaps a tale you'll make it.
— William Wordsworth
We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.
— Winston Churchill
A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.
— Winston Churchill
Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
— David Ogilvy
The trouble with market research is that people don't think what they feel, they don't say what they think and they don't do what they say.
— David Ogilvy
I used to start my questionnaires by asking, 'Which would you rather hear on the radio tonight — Jack Benny or a Shakespeare play?' If the respondent said Shakespeare, I knew he was a liar and broke off the interview.
— David Ogilvy