Giving opens the way to receiving. (Quote by - Florence Scovel Shinn)

The perception coming in is that you're going to be opening yourself up to personal attacks and ridicule from other councilors. (Quote by - Rob Schilling)

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. (Quote by - Chuck Shultz)

There is a disconnect between the outlook for the French economy, which is a bit lower, and the perception of the global economy, which is up. (Quote by - Emmanuel Ferry)

But any perception of this application being speeded up requires me to take responsibility. (Quote by - David Blunkett)

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. (Quote by - Dan Veru)

There really is a perception that if you know the ballet studies, you know Degas. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Like Picasso, Degas was a relentless innovator in everything he did -- in drawing, in printmaking, in photography. (Quote by - Edward Saywell)

We don't know how much is lost by people having a bad perception: losses in retirees, business relocations, vacations and people passing through who decide they don't want to come back here. (Quote by - Ralph Phelps)

He's emotionally mature far below his 18 years. I've seen nothing in my conversations with Billy to see that he has a mature perception of the world or himself. (Quote by - George Reres)

If we wanted to use Goldman's services, she doesn't want there to be even the slightest perception of any conflict. She's doing this because she thinks quite highly of the firm. (Quote by - Henry Gomez)

It's people across the backyard fence and at cocktail parties who drive and change perception. (Quote by - Paul Herdman)

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. (Quote by - Don Briel)

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. (Quote by - Jeffrey Katzenberg)

You are only as wise as others perceive you to be. (Quote by - M. Shawn Cole)

The perception of the accused is that he is to blame, and I cannot fault him for that. (Quote by - Johann Engelbrecht SC)

One type of laughter arises spontaneously from the perception of a certain class of events, while the other is used strategically in interaction to influence others or modulate one's own physiology. (Quote by - Matthew Gervais)

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. (Quote by - Jeffrey Reynolds)

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. (Quote by - Dave Lane)

The idea that tobacco use is normal and that it is socially acceptable because respected adults and others do it encourages kids to pick up the habit. Tobacco-free school policies are helping change the perception that smoking and chew are okay. (Quote by - Dr. Mel Kohn)

The perception is that it is more generous than it is. Grants are generally only for those that are completely wiped out or uninsured. (Quote by - Brent Neiser)

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it ''creative observation.'' Creative viewing. (Quote by - William S. Burroughs)

The growing perception is that Japan is falling back into a dark hole of recession again. (Quote by - Carl B. Weinberg)

Over time, many people do put on weight, and some women's perception about weight gain may be that it's because of the pill. (Quote by - Laureen Lopez)

We had an idea that perception didn't match reality. The study just reinforces that. (Quote by - Ken Watson)

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. (Quote by - J.r.r. Tolkein)