Quotes About Perception

Jerome] is a man quite without either judgment or application.

So also in the gospel (Matt. 16:13, 15) "Who do men say that the Son of Man is? But you (that is, you who are gods), who do you say that I am?

There is no person on earth so bad that he does not have something about him that is praiseworthy. Why is it, then, that we leave the good out of sight and feast our eyes on the unclean things? It is as though we enjoyed only looking at – if you will pardon the expression – a man's behind.

People give ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon. Whoever wishes to appear clever must devise some new system, which of all systems is of course the very best. This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but the sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, not the earth.

The world is a head of thistles; whichever way you turn it, it stretches the thorns about itself.

Take the talents of wisdom and integrity. Without Christ, wisdom is double foolishness and integrity double sin, because they not only fail to perceive the wisdom and righteousness of Christ, but hinder and blaspheme the salvation of Christ.

We are old fools. The more educated and intelligent we become, the less we know and understand.

For so it usually happens in the world. Righteous men are regarded as sinners and vice versa.

Seeing is not always believing.

Cei care cred ca inteligenta are vreo noblete, cu siguranta ca n-au destula pentru a-si da seama ca nu e decat un blestem.

La plupart des sports leur paraissent avant tout comme des opportunités, sous couvert de compétition, de pratiquer le sadomasochisme, la torture, l'humiliation.

il n'y a pas de grandes ou de petites choses, il n'y a que de grandes ou petites facons de les considérer.

Essere desiderati non è semplice. Non bisogna farsi illusioni: non siamo mai noi a essere desiderati, ma quello che l'altro immagina di noi e, spesso, quello che potrà servirgli a giustificare le proprie scelte esistenziali.

De ce nu mai ai prieteni? - Au muceg?it. Nu remarcasem c? au o dat? de expirare. Trebuie s? fii atent la asta. Prietenii mei au început s? aib? urme de putregai, pete verzi destul de scîrboase. Ceea ce spuneau începea cu-adev?rat s? miroas? r?u...

There are people in this life for whom even the best of things don't work out. They could wear cashmere suits and still look like tramps; be very rich but badly in debt; be tall but lousy at basketball.

A? fi lini?tit dac? a? fi nebun, lumea ar avea mai mult sens.

Eu cred c? s? fii inteligent este mai r?u decât s? fii prost, pentru c? un prost nu-ÅŸi d? seama ce-i cu el, pe când cineva inteligent, chiar dac?-i umil ÅŸi modest tot o ÅŸtie.

Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out

Because of the movies I make, people get nervous, because they think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and angry, but they don't expect a sense of humor. And the only thing that gets me through is a sense of humor.

Ten years ago, when I was on an airplane and I introduced myself to my seatmate, and told them [I was a psychologist], they'd move away from me. … And now when I tell people what I do, they move toward me.

Our perception of reality is cultural & changing cultural views change reality.

Wer leichter glaubt, wird schwerer klug.

Whenever fewer women than men study a subject, then this fact is immediately seen as a problem. However, when fewer men take up a subject than women, as is the situation in fields such as foreign languages, most of the liberal arts, and some of the social sciences, nobody seems to care.