What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in monetary policy. The bond market doesn't act merely on what it sees. It acts on what it expects of the Fed or the government.
Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that contributes to shape our perception of an age: architecture, art, literature and so forth.
I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.
Value-first is a perception. If your customer does not perceive it as value, then it's not very valuable.
I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.
The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.
There was a perception that I'd grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth.
I shoot just one moment at a time... These moments are beneath the threshold of perception.
There is obviously a gap between the public's perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite's perception.
Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes a false perception that if you are talking about race, then you're perpetuating the notion of race. I reject that.
If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.
But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
Unfortunately, many parents reject helmets for their kids out of a mistaken perception that helmets are unsafe for children.
The market, as we're all painfully aware in the aftermath of the banking crisis, can be an idiot. It has no perception of right or wrong, or even sensible or insane. It sees profit.
Like a lot of kids, you kind of think baseball's boring - that's the perception.
The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.
I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.
The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.
It was the understanding of the power of perception that allowed the Martin Luther King, Jr. generations to stay true to the strategy of non-violence, refusing to retaliate when every emotional instinct would justify them doing so.
I felt the most effective way to change people's perception was through the power of images.
I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.
There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.
Most people think of leaders as being these outgoing, very visible, and charismatic people, which I find to be a very narrow perception. The key challenge for managers today is to get beyond the surface of your colleagues. You might just find that you have introverts embedded within your organization who are natural-born leaders.
I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America.
The perception that 'Indians can't make superhero films' needs to change. We can make superhero films in the budgets given to us.
It might be a very human thing across the board, but we, in America, love a story - we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how the story protects a certain perception as we pick sides.
Because I'm so in the eye of the hurricane, I don't have a really good perception of what's happening. I'm in a room talking to people, and that's all I know. But sometimes I go out of these rooms - I live in L.A., and every now and then, maybe twice a week, I'll be somewhere, and someone will say, 'Hey, are you the guy that made Moonlight?'
In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a perception about you, and not necessarily you. You are successful because people like that image of you on screen.
Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me.
I have a tremendous support from a lot of the Underground fans. They believe in me, they want to see me do well, and they're behind me. But there are a lot of people out there who don't believe it, and so I want to separate perception and reality. I want to be able to do that.
People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am.