"I'm particularly interested in how you can't rely on your own perception."

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Source : "An unusual glimpse at celebrity". TEDGlobal Talk, www.ted.com. July 2005.

Alison Jackson

#Perception Quotes #Rely Quotes

“I suppose in some ways, all over the world "crazy" is a term of abuse and I think that is something that should be stopped. In Ireland "crazy" is a term of abuse and people are terrified of anything that they conceive to be crazy. And the people believed to be crazy won't be treated compassionately, they will treat you horribly and use it as a reason to dismiss anything you would think, do, say or feel, so you're rocking into a self esteem trap.”
“Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.”
“The best medicine that a person can have is the knowledge and experience that he can swim through every tide and change of the time. If you have the mental competency to deal with every situation that arises, then you are very happy, very healthy and a very well-balanced person.”
“It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.”
“You can't flood the market with every TV show, every reality show, and dump your library into the market all at one time and not have some kind of game plan in terms of pricing.”
“He who makes a garden Works hand in hand with God.”
“For a few days I tweeted with a certain Pippa Middleton, and I really thought it was the Pippa Middleton. Then I discovered it was a fake. But the person who had thought up the concept was nice. It was kind of genius in its own way.”
“Polls are no substitute for leadership because, at its very essence, leadership is about giving people what they don't already have - a sense of vision, inspiration, or even an adequate grasp of a particular subject.”

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