Perception Quotations | Page 2

Government frequently has a problem recognizing perception versus reality.

I think my perception of my own life is different and the fact that Lauren and myself are together. I've never felt this free or happy and so that permeates onto my onstage persona and to my working environment.

It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance.

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us.

Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

It's a fact that people who are in a weakened position, whether physically or mentally, have this perception of the outer world as threatening. Everything that is unexpected or unknown is seen as a potential danger.

A gloss is a total system of perception and language.

The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

For good or bad, there is a certain level of generalisation when it comes to my work. I want to break that perception. My decision to direct 'Bombay Talkies' or to present 'The Lunchbox' is an attempt to do that. These are the films that gel well with my sensibility, and it's unfortunate, it's not the perception out there.

Hedi was and is still misspelled 'Heidi,' and my perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations.

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom.

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the heart, it's about education, according to the perception of some people.

Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say.

The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.

Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured.

Some would suggest that there has been a dramatic change in our perception of the world and ourselves within the world. Others have observed that there has been an almost complete about-face in a relatively short span of time.

The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.

I'm a real relationship person - contrary to public perception. I'm either in one or I'm not.

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.

I have a perfectly average skewed perception of myself. We often don't know what we're like.

My mother and father taught me about black excellence and dynasty. They experienced racism personally, and when something like that happens to you and not around you, you develop a different perception than someone who has never experienced racism a day in their lives.

You can't rely on your own perception when it comes to anything. You can always be proved wrong.

Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like.

Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the same person may perceive it partly practically and partly speculatively.

Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception.

It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is it a robot?' and got an overwhelming no - 'robots' have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people.

I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.

Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America.

I don't think I'm the best-looking actress around. I'm not Katrina Kaif; she is stunningly beautiful. There are some roles that might need a beautiful girl, and there would be a doubt in a director's mind whether he should cast me. But that perception will change with time. I'd like to believe actresses look better with experience.

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

We have to change public perception of ex-convicts. Most Canadians don't realize that when you come out of prison, you're a complete pariah. You can't get a car loan or money from a bank to start a business. So most end up back in prison within 24 months. It's just so wrong. We need to fix this problem.

We live on the leash of our senses.

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.

The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in monetary policy. The bond market doesn't act merely on what it sees. It acts on what it expects of the Fed or the government.

I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

Old Newtonian physics claimed that things have an objective reality separate from our perception of them. Quantum physics, and particularly Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, reveal that, as our perception of an object changes, the object itself literally changes.

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

Because our entire universe is made up of consciousness, we never really experience the universe directly we just experience our consciousness of the universe, our perception of it, so right, our only universe is perception.

Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them.

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.

Since neither black animosity nor the Left's falsehood of 'racial tensions' is based on the actual behavior of the vast majority of white Americans, nothing white America could do will affect either many blacks' perceptions or the leftist libel.

I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the nature of how we live through photography, and how you can twist an angle to create a different perception of a person.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.

How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception.

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.

I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.

Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions and understand the external world.

I think it's easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I'm a bad person.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress.

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

Somewhere after you have few successful films, there is a fear of losing what you have got. It is very easy in the beginning, as you are a risk taker, have nothing to lose, and there is no perception about you.

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.

I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate.

The Tea Party is but one manifestation of a widening perception that the game is rigged in favor of the rich and powerful.

Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit.

There's no question that many factors contribute to voters' perceptions about debates and who wins and who loses.

That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.

Everything about the left is perception, manipulation, and lies. Everything. Everything is 'Wag the Dog.' Everything is a structured deception.

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.

What changes with fame is the perceptions of the individual rather than the individual.

The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft inside Microsoft is always kind of an underdog thing.

The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.

I play into the perception of me, but it's not really me.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.

In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives like My Brother's Keeper, I'm personally committed to changing both perception and reality.

I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.

The positive share price reaction is a result of investor perception that the sum of the parts is worth more than the current combined businesses.

The perfect no-stress environment is the grave. When we change our perception we gain control. The stress becomes a challenge, not a threat. When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable.

The perception was it was a college movie, but it really wasn't, ... It was a completely professional venture where we formed a limited partnership and gave out shares. It was all above board. And we're so glad it was, because 25 years later we can still keep track of it. No one's suing anyone because we all know what happened.

The perception was allowed to develop that a drop in inflation was not just a huge concern. Was that intentional or not? Is it a concern again now? And will this be a consistent story?

The perception that the wicket was flat played a part (in the way South Africa bowled),

The perception that the U.S. economy is a runaway freight train is mistaken -- things are slowing.

The perception that these hormones protect the heart was so strong that many doctors were prescribing it to prevent heart disease.

The perception that Kentucky is down, therefore the league is down, is very true because they are the flagship program in the SEC. It's a combination of (UK) and the fact that (success) in power conferences is cyclical. Often a league that can attract top-caliber recruits is more easily susceptible to losing great players to the NBA. How much better would some of these teams be if they had those players now?

The perception that candidates who are war veterans are influencing the national party is wrong.

The perception problem was there, and therefore it was real, ... We were focusing on that issue even before the brawl, but it certainly was an exclamation point in terms of perceptions of NBA players. We've got to do a better job of both acknowledging it and working to correct it.

The perception of what we as professors provide has changed. Constant and demanding e-mails are just another manifestation of what our society has become.

The perception of some of the elderly is that it's electronic, and (they) don't want to get near it, but quite frankly, it's easier to use than the paper ballots. My biggest concern is elderly people that are too fearful to even try.

The perception of high school golf a number of years back was not the highest, that it wasn't that hard a sport. That has all changed as the game has grown - especially among young people. There is a lot more respect for the players and the sport. People now are aware of how difficult it is to be good at golf.

The perception of a growing number of our citizens is that the all-white commission is biased and doesn't care.

The perception now is that (Woods) is still the guy to beat. But I don't think guys think it's a given that he's going to win.

The perception is turning toward the fact that the economy is slowing and we can still continue to grow even if the economy grows at 5 percent.