Leslie Stephen Quotes

We have a very narrow view of what is going on.

People don't see much further than their noses.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.

Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

The most obvious things are often right there, but you don't think about them because you've narrowed your vision.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

We all live with blinders on. They come with having a personal vantage point.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that eye in the back of his head.

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.

A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing.

We can see, so we are always blind to things deeper than skin.

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.

Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.

The more opinions you have, the less you see.

Remember that my view, the only true view I can see with, is through the black eyes that I have.

The way you see me on 'Jersey' is a snapshot, and you can't judge from a snapshot.

He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.

When people look only at the surface and that satisfies them and they think from that surface they see, that is to be truly blind.