Perception Quotes

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I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think… — Erin O'Connor
Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relations; it is essentially revolutionary, and does not consist wholly with anything… — Henry David Thoreau
Our life is not so much threatened as our perception. Ghostlike we glide through nature, and should not know our place again. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'd been keeping tour diaries, and especially when I go somewhere where I felt the experience might be interesting, like Eastern Europe or South America… — David Byrne
You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way. — Sylvester Stallone
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. — Galileo Galilei
I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant. — Frank Gehry
The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate -… — Al Gore
Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the… — Amy Grant
Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions… — Brian Greene
Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word. I don't know whether it's a… — Stephen Colbert
Perception is created and twisted so quickly. — Louis C. K.
Modern morality is all about perception. — Rachel Cusk
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed. — Ram Dass
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. — Robertson Davies
People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the… — Eric Davis
Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up. — Cat Deeley
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. — Rene Descartes
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently… — Denis Diderot

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