Quotes About Perception

Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front, you preferred the back

Man can only conceive God within the limitation of his own mind.

Man can only describe God in his own poor language.

Man in the flesh is essentially imperfect. He may be described as being made in the image of God but is far from being God.

Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures.

Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.

The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.

[ Negro leaders] never let the white man know exactly what black people are thinking.

I dont think Sugar Man is a music doc any more than The Social Network is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.

The man who doesn't know what the universe is doesn't know where he lives.

Remember that all is opinion. For what was said by the Cynic Monimus is manifest: and manifest too is the use of what was said, if a man receives what may be got out of it as far as it is true.

Cleverness is a quality a man likes to have in his wife as long as she is some distance away from him. Up close, he'll take kindness any day of the week, if there's nothing more alluring to be had.

... if a man really and truly believed that black was white, you might advise him to see an oculist, but you mustn't call him a liar.

I'm tired of saying "How wonderful you are!" to fool men, who haven't got one half sense I've got.

You had lots of visitors, but they were all quiet." "Oh real funny. Tease the blind man." ~Trella to Logan, pg. 114-115

King Solomon, who supposedly was the wisest of all men, described his youth as his winter and his advanced years as his summer. We can be older than we used to be yet feel much younger than we are.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

This question is posed to mayself, am I a man who thinks he's an angel? Or an angel who thinks he's a man?

The old man always said we should attend to the things we have some hope of understanding, and eternity isn't one of them. Well, this world isn't one either.

Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded.

My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got.

A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as inspiring.