Quotes About Perception

So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I haven't realised.

Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.

Failing to see the point is not a virtue.

I loathe and detest people who pretend they don't care what people think about them as if that is a virtue, when it is simply rude.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

The society we live in has always taught us to believe that a woman of substance is one who has great virtues and moral values.

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues.

Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.

We are carrying these images out into the world, and we can't control how people contextualize those images no matter how virtuous our aspirations and our intentions are.

Misinformation is a virus unto itself. And Fox News is the vector.

These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1,200, they look at me like I'm a flesh-eating virus.

One thing about Covid-19 is clear: We don't fully understand its severity and transmission. At various turns, we've both underestimated and overestimated the virus.

Images contaminate us like viruses.

I think it would be over-exaggeration to think that there are millions of viruses ready to jump on us and bring us back to the 14th century. That would be looking over a ledge that isn't there.

It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.

Clothes allow you to see yourself in a different light. They can transform you instantly and have a very real, visceral impact. Clothes become symbolic of who we are.

When you're watching Psycho, there' s that moment when you have a visceral reaction to watching someone being stabbed. And then you have the intellectual revelation that you're not, and that's where the celebration comes in.

What scares me about drone strikes is how they are perceived around the world. The resentment created by American use of unmanned strikes... is much greater than the average American appreciates. They are hated on a visceral level, even by people who've never seen one or seen the effects of one.

I remember George Jones singing on television, but not any of the songs he sang. What I remember was my visceral reaction to him, the intensity of my distaste.

You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.

Only a straight white person would have no concept of what visibility is. They've never contended with anything but visibility.