Quotes About Perception

Taking it one step further, as Kabat-Zinn's voice murmured along, I realized I was not just noticing myself and my own thoughts and feelings and sensations but, in so doing, I was also observing myself observing myself. How bizarre: 3-back consciousness.

Cats' whiskers are not only to make them look pretty, they are their radar system. Because the whiskers are sensitive, they notify the cat if a gap is too narrow. If the whiskers can get through a gap, so can the cat.

stared at her while Sally grumbled,

Here is what I say to the children who are our future: never underestimate how denial and a good old-fashioned mild learning disability can team up to come off as unwavering self-confidence.

We build emotional literacy, first, by being able to identify and name our emotions; second, by recognizing the emotional content of voice and facial expression, or body language; and third, by understanding the situations or reactions that produce emotional states.

The best marketers aren't the best talkers… although many of them could charm the  pants right off you…they're the best listeners. They know how to hear what prospects are really saying and what they're not saying.

they sell dollar bills for seventy-five cents and take credit for how fast they're growing.

The thing about bozos is that bozos don't know that they're bozos. Bozos think they're the shit, which makes them really annoying but also incredibly entertaining, depending on your point of view.

Online marketers have invented euphemisms to make the work they do sound less awful. For example, we're told that our email campaigns do not involve badgering people, or pestering them - rather, we're "nurturing" them. "Lead nurturing is a big thing in the world of online marketing.

Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.

Here are a few mind teasers to help you think in unexpected ways (see answers at end of chapter). • A bus with 15 passengers crashed and all but 9 people were killed. How many survivors were there? • How many animals of each species did Moses take on the ark? • I have 2 coins that total $.35 in value. One is not a quarter. What are the 2 coins?

Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around.

you can live a whole life time never being awake.

the tame 'God' they've made up in their heads based on what they want God to be like. They keep the real God out of their consciousness. If they did become conscious of him, in all his holiness and power, they would hate him."4 GREG F

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

If we hear a joke so awful that we laugh at how bad it is, we are taking part in the irony; in other words, the joke did not contain irony; irony was provided by our response. Why is it ironic? Because the intent of the joke was to get laughter, and it did—but for the wrong reason.

We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally." - Dan Reynold

the truth is often a mixed message

Terry gets annoyed when I describe his mother as cold. She isn't cold, he insists, just a little standoffish, and not so gabby as certain members of my family. While Terry's mom doesn't believe in asking intrusive questions, like "How are you?", she's still a warm and loving mom; just quiet and undemonstrative.

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it?

I'm a little uncomfortable with all of this.' 'With what?' 'Well... doesn't it feel weird that we're only beating up... ...Asian people?' 'We're in Hong Kong. The bad guys are Asian. The good guys are Asian. Everyone here's Asian.' 'I'm just used to beating up people of all races and creeds. That's how I do it in New York. ...