Quotes About Perception

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you...and then, the worse things get.

Of all sciences there is none, where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics.

Mr. Craig was not above talking politics occasionally, though he piqued himself rather on a wise insight than on specific information.

Politics should make a thief, a roué, and a pessimist of anyone but I don't believe I am any of them...

Liberals think you can reform an ax murderer. They don't want to kill anything. They want to change the Listerine labels to "Rehabilitate the germs that cause bad breath."

What obstructs the vision and is called smog in our big cities is called defining the issues in politics

If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

You cannot change reality, but you can control the manner in which you look at things. Your attitude is under your own control. Weed out the negative and focus on the positive!

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

The journey of life is a mental one, which is taking place in the sea of illusion.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

As a man is, so he sees.

Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice.

A person hears only what they understand.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!