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To perceive means to immobilize. We seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.

Henri Bergson

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

Vernon Howard

All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.

Henry David Thoreau

My perception is that we're making considerable progress. But not as much progress as we thought that we would make.

Charles E. Grassley

Bank One has got one of the best credit card divisions, ... The perception of investors is that financial services stocks are affected by interest rates and they're not.

David Dreman

It's all about the perception of it.

Carl Persis

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

George Santayana

This only reinforces the perception that, when it comes to spending, there is not a lot of consideration given to taxpayers.

John Williamson

At this point, the perception is that Linux is viable (only) for servers.

Dan Kusnetzky

I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me.

Brad Pitt

The total sold is not serious. It can be absorbed, but the perception that other banks may sell and the fact central banks have diminished their commitments to gold is the bearish factor and it is a serious bearish factor.

Bette Raptopoulos

It all adds to the general perception that politics are no good and politicians are a bunch of bums.

Louis Post

There's a perception that the attorney general's office is just for Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Geno Zamora

Residents can't sit idly back when projects come to us for approval. We need to know what they want. The perception is that developers get everything and the residents get nothing. We have to change that.

Jody Armstrong

I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that always judged actors so harshly... I thought all actors were dumb-that they must have serious emotional problems. Even if they don't, that's the perception I had of them. I didn't want anyone to see me that way.

Lisa Kudrow

There's definitely a perception that this is a problem.

Gabor Garai

There is a perception that energy is hot, and that there is big money to be made in the energy sector.

Michael Cosgrove

The findings are exciting because we are now going to apply this technique to probe the neural bases of face perception deficits in autism.

Maximilian Riesenhuber

The problem is, forget whether it's real or not, there is a perception that it creates a blight.

Michael Weiner

These companies need to somehow change the perception that old media is passé. Old media is trying to grab on to the new generation of media properties.

Joe Bonner

Public perception is not good, and that's justified.

John Morris

It's about being beyond the perception of reproach, where you're able to defend yourself against innuendo.

Quin Snyder

The perception has been sort of an 'us-against-them' mentality in the NHL for a long period of time. I think this addresses that perception, and builds the idea of a partnership.

David Poile

There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.

James Robertson

I learned as a politician that perception is reality for someone until they learn different, and we just need to continue to work hard to be sure we get the message out about our changes.

Judy Mendenhall

I think there's a perception that living with HIV is kind of like managing diabetes or some other disease. You simply take a few pills and go on with life.

Jeffrey Reynolds

There's no point beating up on Fraser Institute. This is people's perception about Colorado. It's a pity because we certainly have the mineral deposits here.

Stan Dempsey

We get slighted with the whole [perception] that we draft guys and they don't come. I take offence with that. If we continue to stay on the same path, we'll be fine.

Mike Benevides

Clearly the perception out there is that we shouldn't be doing too much of that copy protection stuff.

Sir Howard Stringer

I don't know if one day could change the perception of me or not. I seriously doubt it. I'll try to stay humble about it.

Cody Ross

There was the perception that options were not right for directors. So, we said we're not only going to quit issuing them, we're going to revoke the existing ones.

Chuck Shultz

It is not a good perception for the city when people come here to dine and then they come back [from dinner] and can't find their car.

Joseph Sater

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

Jon Bon Jovi

The deterioration in the perception of the central bank's independence will hinder local markets from seeing the issuance of non-indexed paper in the foreseeable future, implying the stagnation in the recovery of the local capital markets.

Alberto Bernal

We did some amendments to the plan that don't just apply to the corridor . . . I think it might be the perception that some of the code changes were for the corridor, but that's simply not the case. They apply citywide.

Courtney Harris

The market is more inclined to the perception that US interest rates will rise further.

Ryohei Muramatsu

We saw some resistance in the Wichita market until we partnered with EPIC. The increased awareness and information handed out regarding ethanol-enriched fuel made a huge difference in the public's perception.

Mike Hoffman

Clearly the perception, in my view, is that the company is the next acquisition target.

Lauren Smith

We made clear that we were concerned about the perception of an agreement with the AFA. The perception that a big company from corporate America had made a pact with an extremist organization was very worrying.

David Smith

There is a perception that the emergency conditions have passed because we're now in the reconstruction phase. This is wrong. The problems are so great, the humanitarian needs are so immense, that the emergency continues.

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto

A number of consumers have a perception that it's going to be wild or tough, but actually it's very nutrient dense and flavorful. We like to call it robust. Particularly for women, it's very advantageous. It's low in fat, high in iron.

Dave Carter

What's the first image that comes to mind when you think of a mental hospital? Jack Nicholson in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' right? We need to change that perception, and places like this one are doing that.

Deborah Norville

On behalf of these fine young men and women, we certainly regret any perception that they were told what to say. It is not the case.

Lawrence Di Rita

The new limitations are the human ones of perception.

Milton Babbitt

He has a way of speaking that is closer to the people. He comes from the (political) left, and there is the perception that he would do more for those who are the ones who leave.

Carlos Ordonez

...chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Our shooting has not shown up here. We are a really good shooting team in gyms, in high school gyms. Up here is a different atmosphere. The depth perception is different.

Paul Lancaster

I expected this kind of performance after the Georgia game. We probably had an inflated perception of ourselves going into Athens.

Jody Conradt

This does not make the authors of those narratives liars; it makes them servants of fallible human memory and perception.

Tom Bissell

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

Pliny the Elder

If there's a perception from the jury that they were going to present evidence, then they might think that they caved.

Alfredo Parrish

While we all have our own perception about what is going on that is filtered through our experience, there is at the bottom the simple truth, which is what I look for.

Michael Ramirez

Ivan had a long, lingering effect because of the damage it caused and because it hit the market with a perception - and a reality - of a lack of supplies. In that sense, it heightened the fear of hurricanes this year.

Roger Diwan

It's a perception issue, ... It's the way the public perceives our investigation of our own officers.

Ricky Boren

There is a perception that special interest lobbyists are controlling the show. I think we need to change that perception by changing some of our rules.

Bill Halter

I feel like I have worked hard to comply with the agreement. It said you must avoid any conflict of interest or the perception of a conflict of interest. It's hard to control that last part. Perception of a conflict of interest could be anything.

Dwight Murphy

Perception becomes the better part of reality, coupled with three factors.

Jeff Byrd

I told my guys that perception and pedigree means nothing. Production means everything, and we're in the production business.

Dave Mcginnis

Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own youthful feeling, your own groping thought and your own flowering perception.

Lotte Lehmann

This also helps the customer's perception of our industry. We notice a big difference at the dealerships in the weeks following the car show. People have already had a chance to get to know us and are not so on guard. They're more open and willing to talk with us.

Regina Sias

There's a perception about the way a Florida home should look. People have an image of the green, and they don't know it's inappropriate for the area's soil. But as the cost for water increases, maybe people will make the change.

Deborah Green

The patients' perception was that this was a drug that was going to get them high, but we didn't find that.

Candy Mccabe

Our life is not so much threatened, As our perception.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There was a perception that a major change had to happen.

Rob Helm

Do what you know and perception is converted into character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It has certainly reinforced the perception here that Arab investments can be singled out. It will have an impact on flows of funds.

Steve Brice

Commodity prices have come off (recently) and there is a perception (in the market) that mining companies have run a bit far and a bit fast.

John Clemmow

Bob's big challenge is developing the perception within his own system that buying proprietary funds won't hurt you.

Geoff Bobroff

I was glad to have that discussion with the editors because they have to deal with the perception that the media is emphasizing the negative.

Mike Silverman

Some people have the perception that the Y has deep pockets. That's not so. We depend on fundraising to build our new facilities.

Phil Newman

Is the public more cynical? Yes. There's a perception that we don't bring much to the party.

John Lamattina

There's a perception there will be a culture conflict, but people are eager to embrace it.

Bruce Springer

A principle of justice is that the defense needs to be able to conduct interviews in a privileged setting. Otherwise there could be a perception of unfairness or abuse.

Alexandra Milenov

He has a perception of where the ball is at all times, and also where the guy is.

Lyle Setencich

We've had problems here, and this is just going to make the perception worse that there's something not right about election counts in Clermont.

Dave Lane

Australia doesn't want to be seen to be introducing a new capability into the region and that's unfortunately how the perception could come about.

Aldo Borgu

Traditionally, there was a perception that households in China do all the savings. Household saving is significant in China, but it is not driving the national savings.

Louis Kuijs

The perception that the wicket was flat played a part (in the way South Africa bowled).

Ray Jennings

The largest obstacle is the battle of perception. Whenever you say, 'Oh I am building a flying car,' there is always the guy in the corner snickering.

Carl Dietrich

It's the vanilla perception. The city doesn't have the sex appeal that the coastal towns have. We need to get over that aw-shucks attitude and start bragging about the good things we have here.

Bob Schultz

The problem for newspapers is a perception among lots of consumers, particularly those under 40, that the conventional products of the newspaper business don't fit their needs or lifestyles.

Merrill Brown

There's a perception out there that there are areas that are unsafe, and it could become reality of that's what people think.

Patrick Baker

The public perceives it as undesirable. If the public perception changes, then maybe we'll change our policy.

Nona Koivula

The global perception is the U.S. has the most to lose if there's a war in Iraq. That's made the rest of the world averse to U.S. assets. Foreign investors are looking home again.

Lara Rhame

The writers wanted to address the perception that our neighborhoods are only about violence and drugs.

Abram Himelstein

Maria has emerged as the new center of power because of the perception that Arnold moved way to the right and failed and that she is helping him lurch back to the middle.

Tony Quinn

...it is not by reflection and intelligence, but by perception, that the highest and purest truths are attained.

Anatole France

There is a perception that if you're sleeping you're lazy or somehow not earning your money.

Peter Mills

It's really about a changing perception and use of rivers.

Mike Harvey

When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite.

William Blake

The perception is that rates are going up, and people are lining up to buy homes because of that. It's not a matter of if, but when the Fed raises interest rates, and that's going to have some effect on spending patterns.

Carl B. Weinberg

People pretty much think if you see cornrows, earrings and tattoos, they equate it to thug. That's the perception. But I know Allen Iverson. He seems like a pretty good guy.

Jon Barry

Now I think that perception is much, much different.

Rob Palombi

We are starting to see a perception in the market that the high oil price could have a greater impact on inflation than originally expected.

Celso Senise

The perception that there's trouble in the Middle East drives oil prices higher.

Dan Gillespie

With $3 a gallon or more for gasoline, there's a huge potential for people to migrate back to cars over the next few months. Honda has an abundant strength in terms of its perception as green -- for high-mileage cars.

Jim Sanfilippo

[In 1963, the United States believed that China might have] expansionist designs, ... the United States knows the Chinese leadership is consciously pragmatic and is eager to avoid the perception of being expansionist.

Sugata Bose

I don't think that perception is accurate, ... I think I've said it many times: In my job, I probably do baseball about 15 percent of the time. And I'm a believer that you leave the baseball decisions (to) those who live it every minute of every day. And Ed certainly would be among that number.

David Montgomery

This could be a chance to inflect that growth rate upward. But it's a challenge for Microsoft to overcome the perception that older versions of these products are good enough.

Matt Rosoff

I left that meeting with the perception that I had been asked for the first time to fire an intelligence analyst for what he had said and done.

Carl W. Ford Jr

The perception for us is we're going to be great. We have guys people may be worried about, but we're not worried about them. You're talking about two guys that are playmakers.

Jonathan Vilma

I don't know if it matters. It might help the perception some, but it doesn't change the football.

Jimmye Laycock

I personally agree with the perception that this has been a fast-track process .... The process needs to be fair and some of this just doesn't appear to be very fair.

Deni Scrudato

The perception was allowed to develop that a drop in inflation was not just a huge concern. Was that intentional or not? Is it a concern again now? And will this be a consistent story?

Richard Koss

We'll have to work on the perception. These little critters are good. They do wonderful things for the habitat. There's nothing more beautiful in the high country than a beaver pond.

Mike Todd

I should choose to be happy. You can choose; you can just throw a switch since, your whole life, it?s just in your brain anyway. It?s just your perception of it.

Matthew Caws

T.O.'s my friend. Donovan's my friend. They're both good guys, no matter what perception is out there, and when you see two good guys and the chemistry is off you try to help the situation out.

Jeremiah Trotter

The reality is there is a problem, even if it were only perception.

Doug Meyer

If there is a perception the lake is impaired, the value of every home in the community would be affected.

Chet Edwards

The worst thing that you want out of a situation like this is the perception that you're gouging due to other people's misfortune, ... I don't know if that gets you any credit, but at least it keeps you from getting blamed.

Bill Douglass

I deeply regret the perception that I had done wrong, ... I never intended any harm...It's a shame this whole mess ever happened.

John Rutter

There seems to be a growing perception that (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan is engineering what has historically been so elusive on Wall Street. And that's a soft landing, which is generally good for stocks.

Clark Yingst

The market has the perception that the economic policies will continue.

Nuno Camara

The perception of some of the elderly is that it's electronic, and (they) don't want to get near it, but quite frankly, it's easier to use than the paper ballots. My biggest concern is elderly people that are too fearful to even try.

Don Briel

It's more perception than anything else.

Thomas Morabito

Coach Downing has the ability to chance the perception and change the culture here at Northern Colorado. He will build with upperclassmen, bring in great recruiting classes and definitely outwork the competition.

Jay Hinrichs

The really explicit phrase is doors of perception.

Marianne Faithfull

What we have to do is change public perception.

Steven Bennett

It's trying to change 70 years of perception that an animated movie isn't a fairy tale and doesn't have dancing tea cups and...funny camels.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

The media's perception of the rift between Jim and O.J. is just not accurate at all. They have a very cordial relationship.

Yale Galanter

I think it was a milestone meeting. People have this perception there's mayhem at the middle school. Ninety-eight to 99 percent of the kids are not having an issue.

Pam Lothrop

It's all about perception. Just the idea of an attack in Saudi Arabia is enough to make the market jumpy.

Glenn Murray

There is much discussion within the SEC about how Sarbanes-Oxley may be imposing a greater cost than anticipated. Perception can be every bit as important as reality in financial markets.

Paul Atkins

Public perception. That's really the only downside .... the public was used to having the president live on campus for so long that people questioned it.

Joe Cardona

The [national] perception of the mayor is of being erratic.

Roger White

The perception is that it's too high end, too futuristic, but I think we will see prices and use models to support it.

Mark Thompson

We want to see how the perception of Onslow Memorial Hospital compares with the perception of these other hospitals.

Tim Strickland

I don't think the outreach was working all that well, but this destroys it. The perception is that he didn't move quickly enough because a lot of the people involved were black. Whether that's true or not, that is the perception in our community.

Ronald Walters

There's really nobody (in North America) making movies like he is. Cronenberg deals with self- esteem, self-image and individual perception. He's always talking about the transformation of the body from man to machine.

Walter Chaw

In the clinical trials that are going on at the moment we are looking at patient perception -- what they feel about a robot coming in and talking to them -- and remote examinations.

Parv Sains

It's managed to anger more people and do more harm than good for their side of the issue. Marching in the streets and demanding entitlement after they've broken the law getting here ? that's the perception by everybody.

Connie Hair

The perception now is that (Woods) is still the guy to beat. But I don't think guys think it's a given that he's going to win.

Lee Janzen

We need to change the perception of how the world looks at us as a country and a basketball power and we have to reclaim what we lost. It's a lot about how they look, how they act on and off the court. The only way to change the perception is to have people doing the right thing and that's the goal.

Jerry Colangelo

The perception that the U.S. economy is a runaway freight train is mistaken -- things are slowing.

Matthew Smith

The growing perception is that Japan is falling back into a dark hole of recession again.

Carl B. Weinberg

She didn't ask for this. It was a public safety issue and she just wanted to eliminate any perception of an ethical breach.

Holly Armstrong

Employers may have some reluctance to hire people in their 50s because there may be a perception that they are less energetic and therefore less productive than younger people.

Paul Chan

There's a perception of Mississippi that is inaccurate. We are viewed as being at the bottom.

Blake Wilson

Science is nothing but perception.

Plato

It's strictly a perception issue.

Howard Mills

The perception was that they got the run-around. We don't think they got the run-around, but I can see how people could feel that way. So, we're going to solve the problem that may have been there.

Ron O'connor

The fact is, the perception that it is a 'fait accompli' was put out there by Democrats from the start, which has served to dampen grassroots energy out there.

David Sirota

Now it's time to change the perception that we don't want to work with the town.

Bill Stern

We have to do some things to get the attention of our customers. We want to use the site to shape the perception that customers have of Wal-Mart and the products that Wal-Mart offers.

Raul Vazquez

The perception could be that that relationship would influence the outcome of this transaction. It's one thing to lobby, where you represent a client, but you're not involved in the decision-making process. It's another thing when you ... can impact someone you have a business relationship with.

Becky Carroll

I think same-sex marriage is an issue that won't be settled soon, nor will the need to change public perception fade away next year.

Bob Mould

DVD is both a curse and a blessing. It's a blessing because it's this great new revenue stream for Hollywood. It also increases movie viewing because it's so convenient and collectable. But there is the perception that it is cannibalizing theatrical business to an extent.

Brandon Gray

Unless the market can get a firm perception that the US Fed is ending its interest rate hike cycle, the ongoing weakness of the yen may not come to an end.

Ryohei Muramatsu

The perception is all we are is smokestacks and empty buildings. It's an opportunity to let the world see what's happening here.

Larry Alexander

If it is rhetoric, it is to balance the perception that that they are responsible for the high prices.

Antoine Halff

The public perception of the importance of vaccination has also diminished.

David Hipgrave

The public has the perception that if they're in a high-performance vehicle that they can get away from us. Now we have the horsepower and handling capability to overcome any high-performance vehicle.

Larry Schnall

To change the perception that this is a bad neighborhood and that you're either crazy or stupid to live here.

Betsy Harris

The bridge has sort of been the Berlin Wall. The perception has always been that the bridge is as far as you can go.

Fred Ruddock

The safest thing to say is with narcotics, you get violence. Amongst young people, there is this perception that violence is the answer to their problems.

James West

The perception is that bigger is better.

Kathy Nelson

When I first decided to act Amin, I had that perception of Amin as presented by the west.

Forest Whitaker

There is just a totally different perception of the job and a totally different sense of responsibility for the owner.

Dan Rottenberg

The move in the yen has spilled over on the perception the dollar will continue to gain as the Fed keeps raising rates.

Carsten Fritsch

There's a perception that's been put out into the marketplace by No Child Left Behind that schools aren't doing enough for kids.

Mark Jackson

We just brushed the surface. The perception is that we ran a lot of blitzes, but we didn't. We had some success with our base stuff, so coach didn't have to call many blitzes at all.

Vonnie Holliday

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

William Blake

I don't see how this can end well. I think the perception is that the deal will collapse and it will be full legal employment for both sides. I cannot see how they can avoid this all ending up in court.

Steve Brozak

Gloversville is tough in that there's a perception to overcome - that it's a dying mill town.

Andrew Johnston

Fan perception definitely plays an important role in picking a favorite and the lines.

Justin Roberts

It's my perception, the fluctuations are a lot less than they used to be, and part of the reason for this is [semiconductor] saturation. We don't need a killer app any more – chips are in everything.

Scott Becker

There is a perception in this country that English is fine; English is enough to get by, and languages are only for college-bound elite kids.

Marty Abbott

These guys build up a perception of me that's probably unjust to some degree, though competition. We'll quickly form a bond.

Glen Miller

That was one of the major issues, especially rape, and although we don't have statistics, we have the perception that it has improved. But there is, in my opinion, still a lot to do.

Gemmo Lodesani

In our conversations with executives outside the region, we still hear the perception that crime is still a problem.

Tim Priest

I'm not claiming there's anything approaching objectivity about this film. It's a corrective to the perception of Rudy and the miracle of crime reduction in New York, Rudy and the miracle of 9/11.

Kevin Keating

Our mindset was to make the finals. We wanted to beat the curse. We have never made it to the second day of competition. We were set on changing the perception about NAU cheerleading.

Amy Laxton

The perception is that mining is a dark, dirty and dangerous job. And that's just not the case.

Robert Supko

I guarantee you that the players think it's a major. Majors are a matter of perception.

Jerry Pate

I don't know whether that perception will be changed by a misdemeanor prosecution for conduct after he resigned from office.

Philip Russell

We're not going to fold on this. It would take a lot more than what I have seen so far for me to be convinced that somebody is up to no good at the Board of Elections, but this kind of thing just adds to the perception.

Dave Lane

I think there's a lot of danger in just staying with the largest companies. The perception is that if you only buy the big stocks, they always go up. We've seen historically that that's not the case.

Dan Veru

These are the people who think, 'Yeah, I know Arizona.' Our goal is to show them there is more to Arizona than the perception they have.

Jacki Mieler

The perception is that it is more generous than it is. Grants are generally only for those that are completely wiped out or uninsured.

Brent Neiser

I think it is important to emphasize that Montana's economy has been growing at an above-average rate compared to the rest of the nation for most of the last decade, so people's perception of the Montana economy as failing is distorted.

Thomas Power

It has changed the perception of the public. She's what the opposition has said she was, an illegitimate president, dictatorial.

Tony Gatmaitan

Risk perception has diverged from risk reality.

Open Source

The perception of bias isn't there, that's what I told Ken Tomlinson, ... The majority of Americans do not perceive a bias.

Pat Mitchell

What you have now is corporations trying to manage expectations with the intent later this year and certainly early next year of beating those expectations, ... So this market is really getting set up for a major change in perception once we begin to see some kind of economic pickup.

Robert Goodman

I think there is a perception that there has been a change in the district's position, which is a legitimate concern to us.

Mark Rodgers

My road is towards the creation of a fresh perception of the world. Thus I decipher in a new way the world unknown to you.

Dziga Vertov

I'm actually not worried about it, although I'm a little worried about the perception of it.

Peter Donovan

It's not the dollar that's weakened a great deal, but rather the perception in the financial markets that the yen is strengthening a great deal, ... So it's a yen problem.

Brian Fabbri

There still is a perception among some people that he... doesn't want to go to court and will settle.

Tom Mesereau

This speech gives him a venue to turn things around, and it's important, but events are more important. Bush has been losing the battle for the agenda and the perception battle.

Michael Genovese

According to the Christian faith, we in the Western countries have a strong perception that we are the masters of creation. Consequently, we are entitled to use nature for our own purposes. When we do so, the equilibrium between original people and nature is upset. People are alienated from nature and are no longer part of it.

Georg Henrik Von Wright

I wanna change the whole perception of rap. That's why I come in here looking like this. I wanna surprise 'em.

David Banner

I think that's the perception and I'm not saying it's not accurate.

Steve Tisch

I think that this is going to help change that perception in people's minds and that we're going to get tourists from all over the United States to come.

Bernie Marcus

We're comfortable going to church with people of different colors, but we don't have a perception that the access to a good job, a good education (is) equal for all races.

Janet Harrah

The perception is that foreign investment is not good for jobs.

Katinka Barysch

Fifty percent of the country has an outdated perception of what J.C. Penney is — or we're not on their radar at all, They'll be very surprised by what they see.

Mike Boylson

Her public perception as a mother is very strong. People like her. There's not a diva association. For a very wholesome American brand, it's a perfect match.

Andrew Sacks

The earlier, the better. For a little kid, perception of a sex organ is as same as a cup because they don't have sexual excitement.

Sun Yunxiao

This basically challenges the perception out there that people are abandoning television or going to the Internet or doing other things and taking away from television viewing activity, ... The pervasiveness of the medium is not being eroded.

David Poltrack