Quotes About Illusion

I've learned that, just like beauty, what constitutes witchcraft is dependent upon the eye of its beholder.

The effect of gender is produced through the stylization of the body and, hence, must be understood as the mundane way in which bodily gestures, movements, and styles of various kinds constitute the illusion of an abiding gendered self. This formulation moves the conception of gender off the ground of a substantial model of identity to one that requires a conception of gender as a constituted social temporality.

crazy world or maybe it's just the view we have of it, looking through a crack in the door, never being able to see the whole room, the whole picture.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

People missed things. People didn't notice; people didn't care. People's own misperceptions made black into white, made grey into whatever they wanted it to be.

other words, if you want to know the truth about the emperor's clothes, don't ask the tailors.

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway.

I didn't really notice that he had a funny nose. And he certainly looked better all dressed up in fancy clothes. He's not nearly as attractive as he seemed the other night. So I think I'll just pretend that this glass slipper feels too tight.

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway.

Animal? As in lion and tiger and chipmunk? Who's he kidding?

Maybe paradise is overrated.

I looked at his eyes. I was thinking: they are bluer than the sea. But then the sea is not blue at all, is it?

Ever since The Wizard of Oz I've been accused of being twelve years old. You should see some of the disappointed looks I get, when people lay eyes on me in person. They expect someone in gingham, with braids, to come out singing 'Over the Rainbow.' And out I come, instead.

How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

I got an A in philosophy because I proved that my professor didn't exist.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Was die Menschen täglich ihre Entscheidungen nennen, ist nichts weiter als ein gut einstudiertes Spiel.

Menschen konnten nichts anderes sein als Menschen. Sie zogen sich Roben an oder Handschellen und taten, was von ihnen erwartet wurde. In diesem Haus bestand ihre Aufgabe darin, den Phantomschmerz einer amputierten Weltordnung zu erzeugen.

Das Gefühl ist jedenfalls ein schlechter Berater. Es besitzt per definitionem keine Allgemeingültigkeit." "Und der Verstand ist eine Illusion", erwidert die ideale Geliebte schnell. "Nichts weiter als ein Kostüm, in das der Mensch die Summe seiner Gefühle steckt." "Du sprichst in romantischen Anachronismen!", ruft Mia. "Und du in jenen intellektuellen Sophistereien, an denen Moritz zugrunde gegangen ist!

Und der Verstand ist eine Illusion (...) Nichts weiter als ein Kostüm, in das der Mensch die Summe seiner Gefühle steckt.

stand die Mutter noch immer vor dem Leben wie ein Kind vor den Terrarien im Zoo, an denen kleine Messingschilder mit lateinischen Namen auf Tiere hinwiesen, die man, Augen und Nase dicht am Glas, niemals zu sehen bekam. [...] Die Mutter schaute und wartete, fest überzeugt, dass sich früher oder später etwas regen würde. Ada hingegen hatte sich beim Anblick der verlassenen Behälter sofort abgewandt, die Achseln gezuckt und wusste seitdem nur zu berichten, dass Leere regiere.

Der Projektkreislauf ist eine Falle der man nicht leicht entkommt. Er verwandelt auch die Endprojektierung des Daseins in ein neues Projekt. Die Schaffbarkeit von 'es' ist die Grundlüge der modernen Lebens und Arbeitswelt, ein kollektiver Selbstbetrug inzwischen lautlos zerplatzt.

One school of ancient philosophers, the Stoics, developed a distinctive view of Medea as part of their ethics and psychology. They think that the idea that there are really two distinct forces or motives at work in Medea is an illusion. What matters in this situation is always Medea herself, the person, and it is wrong to think in terms of different parts of her.