Perceived Quotes

493 quotes by 443 authors

To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it,… — George Berkeley
The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you… — Simon Cowell
A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation... — Robert Green Ingersoll
It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these… — Peter Cosgrove
Pain in the present is experienced as hurt. Pain in the past is remembered as anger. Pain in the future is perceived as anxiety. Unexpressed… — Deepak Chopra
As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow… — Cofer Black
I believe that pity is a law like justice, and that kindness is a duty like uprightness. That which is weak has a right to… — Victor Hugo
Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived. — Wynn Bullock
The intellectual's hostility to the businessman presents no mystery, as the two have, by function, wholly different standards. While the businessman's motto is the customer… — Bertrand de Jouvenel
Climate has always changed year on year and is unstoppable as a phenomenon. I am sceptical of the 'evidence' being presented as fact and do… — Brian Donohoe
Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our own story. But… — Aliko Dangote
The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure. — Pope Benedict XVI
The 31th of May, I perceived in the same water more of those Animals, as also some that were somewhat bigger. And I imagine, that… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source… — Alexander Hamilton
If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people. You have to… — John Eliot
In the 1920s, everyone wanted to be a celebrity. Everyone wanted to be like Babe Ruth or Charles Lindbergh. ... Businessmen, in particular, in the… — Jonathan Eig
My intention was to create a work of art which would transcend the visible, which cannot be perceived except in stages, with the understanding that… — Yaacov Agam
I wondered what else in my life I perceived to be wrong or difficult instead of exploring to understand the true purpose. — Marlo Morgan
When listening to the sound material, we metamorphose the inside into an outside. This notion of metamorphosis is one of the principles that leads the… — Bernard Parmegiani
Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much… — Peter Watts

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