#perceived

I don't want to be a spokesman for family values, but that's the way my standup is perceived. ↗

— Ray Romano

#family values #i #perceived #spokesman #standup

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. ↗

— Arthur Cayley

#else #everything #explained #mathematical #perceived

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy. ↗

— Kristen Johnston

#consider #i #like #myself #perceived

I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives. ↗

— Paul Simon

#elements #his #i #life #lives

The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#any #defense #exists #idea #institution

Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#laws #least #need #perceived #political

We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to uphold the credibility and legitimacy of the UN as the main political arena. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#council #credibility #legitimacy #main #member

At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#being #i #just #now #only

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#i #into #me #perceived #push