“There is no perception among the American people, nor their elected representatives, that there is a serious problem that needs fixing.” PeopleNeedsProblemSeriousPerceptionRepresentativesFixing Author:Robert Reischauer
“There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.” SeriousPerceptionCourtErasComedianJesterCourt JesterFalse Perception Author:Jim Gaffigan
“People hope that if they scream loudly enough about "values" then others will mistake them for serious, sensitive souls who have higher and nobler perceptions than ordinary people. Otherwise, why would they be screaming? Moral bitterness is a basic technique for endowing the idiot with dignity.” PeopleIfsSoulEnoughValuesMistakeMoralSeriousHigherPerceptionOrdinaryDignityTechniqueIdiotSensitiveBitternessScreamOrdinary People Author:Marshall McLuhan
“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.” IfsWayWantProblemActorsFeltEmotionalSeriousPerceptionDumbJudgedEmotional Problems Author:Lisa Kudrow
“I think we need to reckon in a very serious way with the emotional content of news and the way that people perceive facts and their perception of their situation and to me I think the tabloid is like fundamentally an emotional form of journalism and that kind of emotional valence is what distinguishes it from the broad sheet.” PeopleThinkingKindSituationEmotionalSeriousPerceptionJournalismPerceive Author:Lydia Polgreen