Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. —Mary Ellen Kelly More about this quote Tags: perception culture scorn Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More about this quote Tags: potential perception identity promise gender Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. —George Orwell More about this quote Tags: wisdom intelligence perception generations age Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. —Cary Grant More about this quote Tags: reality perception aspiration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. —Golda Meir More about this quote Tags: reality history memory perception Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has. —Jeffrey Eugenides in Middlesex More about this quote Tags: acceptance perception seeing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. —Jules Renard More about this quote Tags: perception seeking ridiculousness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All our sweetest hours fly fastest. —Virgil More about this quote Tags: time perception Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: honesty perception appearance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is no such thing as "fun for the whole family." —Jerry Seinfeld More about this quote Tags: perception family fun marketing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. —William Arthur Ward More about this quote Tags: perception Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. —Will Rogers More about this quote Tags: life time perception Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: God perception nothing everything Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. —Malcolm de Chazal More about this quote Tags: perception men monkeys Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We should remember that it is easy and foolish to sneer at the mistakes or barbarities of remote ages. —Hermann Hesse More about this quote Tags: history time mistakes perception perspective Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email