Percipi Quotes

#1. To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

George Berkeley

#2. To be in the mind and to be known are the same thing: in this domain esse est percipi.

Zeno Vendler

#3. We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.

Jane Harman

#4. I envied Lesley her unshakable optimism. She always looked on the bright side of things. If they Had a bright side.

Kerstin Gier

#5. I've got four brothers, so with them and all our friends we had these sports parties in the basement. We'd play basketball, mini-sticks, baseball in the backyard, football, whatever it was. We were busy 24/7.

Rob Gronkowski

#6. Pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.

John Waters

#7. I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.

Anthony Browne

#8. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin.' For,

Lewis Carroll

#9. Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

Norman Vincent Peale

#10. The fact was, all that stuff was back in our past, and we were dealing with a very, very different present. Somewhere in a parallel universe, Trip and I were happy together. Just not in this one.

T. Torrest

#11. Greatness always inspires you to be great.

Debasish Mridha

#12. If you live right, death is a joke to you as far as fear is concerned.

Will Rogers

#13. To make hell into paradise, we only need to change the mind on which it is based.
[...] With your deluded mind, you make hell for yourself. With your true mind, you make paradise.

Thich Nhat Hanh