Quotes about Perception

In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.

It takes these very simple-minded instructions - 'Go fetch a number, add it to this number, put the result there, perceive if it's greater than this other number' - but executes them at a rate of, let's say, 1,000,000 per second. At 1,000,000 per second, the results appear to be magic.

Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.

I'm not saying none of these guys are talented, but people think Ed Sheeran crawled off a couch and lived on the street or something, but him, Ellie Goulding... they all come from Suffolk, Surrey, Richmond... they come from support.

I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.

My parents are actors and never brought work home. I didn't even know what they did until I was about 10 years old. We never talked about it.

It's such an overused phrase: 'to be part of the conversation.' But it's true. It is nice to be part of the conversation - just be sure they are talking about you in the right way.

Having a CEO, having that person run a news corporation who's female, is already a talking point.

It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.

Being tall is very good for reaching high shelves and seeing in a crowd. Sadly, it has also given me the inability to dance. There's too much of me to look neat, which is most disappointing.

I love being tall. I see guys who don't handle it so well, like that Dwayne Schintzius of Florida. I don't want to sound ignorant or anything, but that guy's got a problem.