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Quotes about Perception

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
— Herman Melville
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.
— Herman Melville
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
— Herman Melville
Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties, And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.
— Hilaire Belloc
We cannot live in a world interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.
— Hildegard of Bingen
You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?
— Hillary Clinton
The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see.
— Hillary Clinton
But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why there would be no end of divine things!
— Hippocrates
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
— Lily Tomlin
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
— Lily Tomlin
The best mind altering drug is the truth.
— Lily Tomlin
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
— Lily Tomlin