Quotes About Perception

I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both.

Hulk fans are impossible to please.

When I was dealing with a lot of Iraqis, lies were constant; people constantly lied to you. It's a part of their culture. They wanted to please you so much, they were willing to lie to you to please you.

All the time, even before we had mainstreamed, it was like we were never really Christians because of the way we looked. Or, you know, we were never Christian enough, or we're too Christian at times. You can't please people.

Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.'

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased.

I always say I make the movies where people go, 'Hey, I never saw it, but when I finally did, I really liked it.' People saw 'Baby Driver,' though. I was pleased with that.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.

I can sing, but I don't know how pleasing it is to the ear, you know.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

A lot of my customers wouldnt go to a McDonalds but we are all after the same thing in this business: pleasing the customer. I dont know why people get so aerated about it. I like McDonalds.

Even if I get dressed in a way that is pleasing to people, I know I will get trolled.

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

A lot of people have compared being an NBA rookie to being a fraternity pledge. It's not really intense like that. It's more like being an intern.

There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well.

I've experienced plenty of times when something I think is funny doesn't do very well. And there are times when something I don't think is funny makes the audience laugh so hard.

Our concepts of aging really should be blurring because there are plenty of people who make it to older ages who aren't really any different in many ways than people who are decades younger.

There are plenty of Latina actresses that no one's ever heard of... Some are really brown, some are light-skinned, and some look like they're Caucasian, but it's like we only want to identify with a certain kind of look and celebrate that under the guise that this is a 'Latina actress.'

There are plenty of examples of really well-executed shows you could look at and say, 'Well, clearly this show will have an audience; why wouldn't it?' And for whatever reason, it just doesn't catch on. So you never know going in.

I always think that I have plenty of time for everything, and then the reality of it doesn't quite match up.

I'm probably an average hitter, at least, and if you talk to my peers, they will tell you that I hit the ball plenty far enough.

There are plenty of writers who are going to become a director after their next job, but no one will believe you're a director unless you believe it.