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Quotes About Perception

It's funny how someone's perception of you can be formed without you even knowing it.
~ Sarah Dessen
It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book (written) -- for me, it's never quick.
~ Sarah Dessen
I learned pretty early is I never defend my material; it's for other people to if someone is offended. It's so subjective, and if you don't find it funny, it's definitely going to be offensive.
~ Sarah Silverman
Crackpot is an excellent job because the expectations are so low. No one ever tells crackpots that they should be doing more.
~ Scott Adams
It's funny, but I never knew I was hot or could be beautiful until I saw 'Basic Instinct,' and I was so shocked when I saw how pretty they made me.
~ Sharon Stone
It's very funny to see a Justin Bieber song done by a bunch of grown men.
~ Shawn Stockman
Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people wont.
~ Stephen Mangan
Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?
~ Stephenie Meyer
I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.
~ Steve Carell
I think ultimately, when you believe somebody is going through a situation and it's either awkward or ridiculous, but you believe it, that can be funny.
~ Steve Carell
I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.
~ Steve Carell
Kids like my act because I'm wearing nose glasses. Adults like my act because there's a guy who thinks putting on nose glasses is funny.
~ Steve Martin
Tinsel is really snakes' mirrors.
~ Steven Wright
The sky is falling. No, I'm tipping over backwards.
~ Steven Wright
You realize the bad guy isn't wearing a black cape or easy to spot; he's funny, makes you laugh, and has perfect hair.
~ Taylor Swift
But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
~ Tea Leoni
15 Step is about how if you have mental illness and try to dance you look very funny. Whenever you see me dancing on stage, I'm imitating the mentally ill.
~ Thom Yorke
It's funny, because I don't think of my films as "slow-burn." I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase until people started labeling me with it.
~ Ti West
Two cannibals eating a clown. One asks the other, 'Does this taste funny to you?'
~ Tommy Cooper
I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a soloist who stands out, but my church wasn't like that at all.
~ Valerie June
The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!
~ Vera Wang
Some things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.
~ W. Kamau Bell
A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio.
~ William Safire
Girls are always complaining that they can never meet a nice guy. Nice guys are everywhere. The problem isn't that there aren't any nice guys, the problem is that all of the nice guys are ugly.
~ Carroll Bryant