Quotes About Perception

Now for the first time I learned to know men and I learned to distinguish between empty appearances or brutal manners and the real inner nature of the people who outwardly appeared thus.

En términos generales, tres son los grupos en que se podría dividir el público lector de periódicos: 1°. Los crédulos, que admiten todo lo que leen. 2°. Aquellos que ya no creen nada. 3°. Los espíritus críticos, que analizan lo leído y saben juzgar.

Ne yaz?k ki, hiçbir zaman "Bu adam ne yapabilir?" diye sorulmaz, "Ne öÄŸrenmiÅŸ, hangi okulu bitirmiÅŸ?" diye sorarlard?.

in certain circles honesty is taken as an index of stupidity.

Each only hears the sound to which his innermost is attuned. Speech of September 3, 1933 in Nuremberg

Only the Jew knew that by an able and persistent use of propaganda heaven itself can be presented to the people as if it were hell and, vice versa, the most miserable kind of life can be presented as if it were paradise. The Jew knew this and acted accordingly. But the German, or rather his Government, did not have the slightest suspicion of it. During the War the heaviest of penalties had to be paid for that ignorance. -- Mein Kampf , Chapter 10

Ne množství, nýbrž jakost práce pomáhá ur?ovat hodnotu každého p?edm?tu. Žijeme v dob?, jež dává p?ednost kvantit? práce. Nebo? tato kvantita se dá lehce kontrolovat, je každému hned nápadná a nevyžaduje cvi?eného pohledu nebo n?jakých látkových znalostí.

Jde o to být oble?en tak, abychom byli co nejmén? nápadní. ?ervený frak je v tane?ním sále nápadný. Tedy je ?ervený frak v tane?ním sále nemoderní. Cylindr na led? je nápadný. Proto je na led? nemoderní. Všecko, co je nápadné, platí v dobré spole?nosti za hrubé a nep?ípustné.

El error no está en soñar que existan jardines secretos, sino en soñar que tienen puertas

By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.

In sum, concern for the environment is expressed in the way that we as individuals and communities react to the perceived state of the environment. Perhaps the worst sin is blindness and indifference which becomes lack of care.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.

You painted it pink?' Price asked with a grin. 'That's lavender, you colour-blind eejit,' I said. McCallister saw that Price clearly hadn't got the message yet. 'Hey lads, you know why Price nearly failed the police entrance exam? He thought a polygon was a dead parrot.' The lads chuckled dutifully and somebody punched Price on the shoulder.

A cocked .38 doesn't feel the same as an unprimed revolver. The frame tightens differently, the trigger is on a hair and this tension is communicated to you and the people around you.

Wow, Mui Ee thought. Sissy's stunning! Look at that beautiful red party dress, one of those cute puffy 'bubble' type things. It was strapless, backless and almost frontless. If dresses had names, this would have been called the Social Welfare dress, because it had no visible means of support.

According to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "She was duller than himself, and consequently did not find out that he was so.

They can also sell the same products in different ways to different groups of consumers (Britain's Viz magazine, with its fat slags and foul-mouthed yobs, is sold as a comic magazine in the south of the country but as an upmarket style guide in the north).

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events

I don't have any illusions that Hollywood is a place of integrity.

I'm attracted to roles that people don't necessarily see me in.

I'm a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts — that's not what I think of as sexy.