Perception Quotes

For me, it feels like my ideas are more specific to random thoughts or single ideas I might have, as opposed to being influenced by a general perception of absurdity.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.

Everything flows from God, but we are limited by imposing our human perceptions upon him. Man designs God according to his own image and the image man has of himself is flawed.

Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.

I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.

Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread".

I hated that perception that I didn't work hard, that I really don't love basketball.

Things are recalibrated according to new perspectives and perceptions. It's fascinating to me.

Rest in peace to Heath Ledger but I'm no joker

Can a man of perception respect himself at all?

The common perception is it only happens to people who aren't paying attention.

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

ISIS is gaining strength because the perception is that they're winning. And President [Barack] Obama fuels that perception.

Back then they had Elvis and they thought Elvis was so risqué. So everyone has their perception to what innocence is.

President Obama fuels that perception. That will change when militants across the globe see that when you join ISIS that you are giving up your life, you are signing your death warrant.

I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.

We speak the love language, they speak from pain and anguish. Some don't love theyselves, so they perception is tainted.

I found out that changing the perception of myself and the NFL, and reestablishing the notion of being a gentleman was important to me.

You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way.

People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other.

...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.

All knowledge is ultimately rooted in metaphorical (or analogical) modes of perception and thought.

The purpose of existence is to exist. It is too fantastic to have a meaning.

I don't care about anybody's perception of me except for the audience.

I wanted to reinvent horror comics. I felt like it was my mission to open people's eyes to the fact that horror comics could be so much more than the popular perception of them.

You can reverse your biological age by changing your perceptions.

Music doesn't have to be so rule-based - and so strict in its structures, construction and perception.

In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special case of perception without sensory input.

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.

All descriptions of matter are descriptions of modes of human perception within consciousness.

Your life can only be as free as your perception of it

The faster it ran away from me. And I found myself reasoning that perhaps one more beer would unlock the doors of perception.

So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality.

It's funny how someone's perception of you can be formed without you even knowing it.

There's a perception that good writing is writing which runs smoothly. But smooth-running prose can work against what you're trying to express in a novel.

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed

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.

Imagination that compares and contrasts with what is around as well as what is better and worse is the living power and prime agent of all human perception judgement and emotional reaction.

Inner seeing has nothing to do with physical vision; it's the perception of life directly.

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.

All the love and joy that a man has ever received in perception is laid up in him as the sunshine of a hundred years is laid up in the bole of the oak.

I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.

Obviously, my perception of the world is one where humans are a threat to our survival.

I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more.

What I had to learn was, that I'm responsible for my perception of things.

It's just that different emotions and perceptions demand different frequencies and intensities.

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.

He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a lifetime.