Quotes About Perceptive

I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.

You are so tactful that I have no idea what you want.

Even at its most perceptive, sociology deals in abstractions.

Lecter is so lucid, so perceptive; he's trained in psychiatry... and he's a mass murderer.

pig is not like other animals. There is a spark of intelligence and a terrible practicality in pigs.

The more this guy talked, the more he sounded like a fortune cookie.

The population is ignorant of intrigues and power games, therefore we believe it easy to manipulate, but it is in fact, far more perceptive than many of our great minds.

When we think, it is in order to judge or to reach a conclusion, and when we feel it is in order to attach a proper value to something; sensation and intuition, on the other hand, are perceptive—they make us aware of what is happening, but do not interpret or evaluate it. They do not act selectively according to principles, but are simply receptive of what happens. But "what happens" is merely nature, and therefore essentially non-rational.

A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everybody.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are like finely tuned receivers that pick up much more than is merely said. They are receptive and attuned to every mood, feeling, and change that goes on in people around them.

Kids are no fools: they're very sophisticated, they don't miss a lot; they don't miss nuance.

I think audiences are quite sophisticated.

What I really love about philosophers and psychologists is that they sound smart.

I know they call me low-cortical and all, but even so, I got this one corner of my brain that's like Grand Central Station. Stuff that other people can't figure out comes easy to me.

I'm very sensitive; I'm not moody.

He has the gift of quiet.

The man missed nothing. It was almost spooky.

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.

You're very perceptive for a guy who can go a whole day without talking," she said, peering up at him. "That's why I'm perceptive.

If you'd rather not answer, you don't have to, Miles offered. I'm sure it wouldn't change my impression of him, anyway. And what impression is that? I don't like him. Sarah laughed. Why do you say that? Because you don't like him. You're pretty perceptive.

Intelligent? Kind?

I think people are intelligent, empathetic, multi-dimensional.

I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking. I mean, Grace Kelly always looked impossibly glamorous, yet you could always see there was something behind her eyes.