Quotes about Perception
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
— Oscar Wilde
There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
— Brian Tracy
By virtue of Creation, and still more the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Frugality is misery in disguise.
— Publilius Syrus
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
— Publilius Syrus
Speech is a mirror of the soul as a man speaks, so is he.
— Publilius Syrus
God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.
— Harold S. Kushner
Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I've been vulnerable. I've always given parts of me, parts of my life - good, bad, ugly. I've never put up this image as a super-thug. Also, some people just like the music.
— Jay-Z
The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.
— John Ortberg
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
— Winston Churchill
Designers and advertisers like the idea of my breasts, waist line, long legs, and long neck - but have literally made gagging noises at my facial features.
— Rain Dove