#perception

What is different is not necessarily dangerous, and what is similar is not always secure. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#quotes-to-live-by #death

My point in mentioning this is only to say that people who feel any sort of regret where you are concerned will suppose you are angry, and they will see anger in what you do, even if you're just quietly going about a life of your own choosing. They make you doubt yourself, which, depending on cases, can be a severe distraction and a waste of time. This is a thing I wish I had understood much earlier than I did. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#perception #regret #anger

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#bookshelf #century #delivered #middle #paper

Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans. ↗

— Artur Davis

#away #chunk #deep #deep south #die

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. ↗

— Claudia Black

#accurate #believe #far #more #often

Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. ↗

— Claudia Black

#believe #far #more #often #perceptions

Certainly almost everything we do and think is colored in some way by memes, but it is important to realize that not everything we experience is a meme. If I walk down the street and see a tree, the basic perception that's going on is not memetic. ↗

— Susan Blackmore

#basic #certainly #colored #down #everything

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. ↗

— William Blake

#cleansed #doors #everything #infinite #man

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#generation #i #interested #not interested #people

Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#almost #important #level #more #perception