Quotes About Perception

Old men's eyes are like old men's memories; they are strongest for things a long way off.

The commonest man, who has his ounce of sense and feeling, is conscious of the difference between a lovely, delicate woman and a coarse one. Even a dog feels a difference in her presence.

The most certain way to make a man your enemy is to tell him you esteem him such.

There are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment.

O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed.

Always making sure I'm clean. And that's truly what it's about. I think it's a lot of misconceptions about what a man is, what a thug is, and all that kind of stuff.

How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know; I've never been a man minister.

Possibly he knew, as he wrote this, that he was mad - because inside every madman sits a little sane man saying 'You're mad, you're mad.'

Men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women, it's the other way around

It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.

Subconsciously the genius is feared as an image breaker; frequently he does not accept the opinions of the mass, or man's opinion of himself.

There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.

We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.

One man's mind differs from another man's mind far more widely than all women's minds differ from all men.

Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.

The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.

I love the way men smell. I love the way they taste, their texture, the way they're built.

Lundist held that a man who can observe is a man apart. Such a man can see opportunities where others see only the obstacles

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.

Men of genius are not quick judges of character.

No man is a hero to his own valet.

The trouble with women is men; the trouble with men, men.

It takes more than a wise man to keep track of a foolish woman.

Every man is a potential rapist.