Quotes About Self-perception

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

For example, dissonance occurs in non-human animals (e.g., Egan, Bloom, et al., 2010; Egan, Santos, et al., 2007), suggesting that the metacognitive structure of self is not necessary.

To be sure, Cleaver's idea of himself as a virile black man was central to his politics.

Mi pantalonai. Me li infilai, come se stessi amputandomi le gambe. Adesso, mi dissi, per te tutto il mondo sarà in flanella grigia. L'avevo indossata, ne avevo fatto un sacco per chiuderci dentro l'infanzia. Come mi sentivo? Superiore? Vecchio? Saggio? Più pesante? Più forte? Mi trovavo eretto e diretto e di bell'aspetto, lusingato e favorevolmente impressionato? No, per niente.

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.

That Jim Brown. He says he isn't Superman. What he really means is that Superman isn't Jimmy Brown

This was Tony de Mello at his best, proclaiming the message of "awareness," seeing the light we are to ourselves and to others, recognizing we are better than we know.

Dlaczego tak trudno siÄ™ uwolni? od to?samoÅ›ci, które nam przypisano, gdy byliÅ›my dzie?mi?

Your problem, Werner," says Frederick, "is that you still believe you own your life.

To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self.

wasn't that she would judge me. It was more that I would feel myself being judged.

People in D.C. are so psyched when anyone dramatizes them in an exciting way. They're a lot more open to looking at the nastier side of themselves than the media is.

You know, there's chronological age, there's biological age, and there's psychological age. Chronological age, there's nothing you can do about, which is I'm 52. You set that number aside.

Because there is something psychologically wrong with you on some level if you want to be on TV, if the only way you can fulfill yourself is by literally going from three dimensions to two dimensions.

It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.

When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to the extreme and there was a lot of pressure on me.

I don't feel like I'm really in the public eye because I feel like I'm one of the public.

I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy.

When people come up to me and ask for a photo, ask for an autograph, I'm like 'Me? Are you sure?' I don't consider myself to be a public figure. I just happen to be.

I've never been able to control my public image.

The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me.

I'm not a bling-bling guy; I can't pull it off. I just look like an idiot.

I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction.

I don't quite fit in in like a pure dramatic thing, but I still think of myself sometimes as sort of a dramatic actress.