Quotes About Perception

El libertinaje femenino paga costos mientras el masculino cobra méritos.

Más tarde habría de definir la existencia de las mujeres en los hombres como en elpatio de atrás de sus mentes

Cuando una se acostumbra al horror, éste deja de verse, por tanto de existir. El horror mismo lleva a perder las proporciones del horror.

If you get run over as you cross the street perhaps you won't even realize it.

Parece que los hombres viven las relaciones y son las mujeres las que las piensan

but often discovering that the recipe had to be wholly reshaped to make room for the perceptions and experiences gained in the intervening years of cooking and teaching.

There is always more to this world than what you can see with your eyes.

Everybody is convinced they have seen something others have not seen, and they delude themselves that they have thought things that other have it thought, but this is just because someone has taken the trouble to tell an ordinary story in an extraordinary way.

Wie weet, flitste 't door mijn brein, of mensen, zo gemoedloos als ik, niet altoos de gewaarwording hebben, dat elke gevoelsuiting van anderen een aanstellerij of een overdrijving is. Ja, misschien acht iedereen zijn evenmens, die hij niet begrijpt en dus niet natuurlijk kan vinden, min of meer een acteur.

The map of what we call reality is an ever-shifting mosaic of ideas.

If large portions of the world remain unseen or inaccessible to us, we must consider the meaning of the word "reality" with great care.

We explain the world the way we think about it. There's no way out of our minds.

Never tell a man you can read him through and through; most people prefer to be thought enigmas.

What? What's your issue now?' I asked, annoyed. 'Jus' wonderin' what's it like for Droopy. This place is intense and he's jus' a lil' guy, you know?' Of all the bangers in the world, I had to get Mr. Sensitive. Droopy, I assumed, was Hector Amaya's gang moniker. I wondered why they were always so unflattering. Me, I would've at least picked something like Foxy or Jet. Which, I supposed, explained in part why I wasn't gang material.

Even a clock that's broken is right twice a day.

I'd seen all the ingredients; I'd just refused to see what they made. So

There was nothing on my calendar to indicate that this would be anything other than a short-skirt day. No need for a "believe me" suit.

Being attractive matters everywhere—getting jobs, getting laid, and yes, getting acquitted by a jury of your peers. No one can resist a pretty face. As long as it's not too pretty. Back

Sometimes things are less than they seem.

women hated her, and the men saw her as the girl they could never get. Dale

He's not 'people,' Melia. He's a reporter.

language and attitude

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

The invention of the clock has altered human pleasure. There are minutes and seconds in the day now, and not enough for love.