Graeme Simsion Quotes

One is unable to notice something because it is always before one's eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.

How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?

It often happens that what stares us in the face is the most difficult to perceive.

When we lack the will to see things as they really are, there is nothing so mystifying as the obvious.

The hardest thing is to see what's under your very eyes.

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

A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing.

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.

He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

People tell you who they are. There are big neon signs going off. 'Pay attention! This is who I am.' And most of us put out hands a little bit over our eyes. We don't see that.

People just see what they want to see.

It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes.

There's a lot of things you can't see if you aren't' looking.

If y'can't see with yore own two eyes what's in front of them, then y'better off closin' 'em an' goin' t'sleep, 'tis far more restful! —Gerul

The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.

The obvious is the hardest thing of all to point out to anyone who has genuinely lost sight of it.

People think that they see, but they don't.

... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it wrong way round.

The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

How hard I find it to see what is right in front of my eyes!

We always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes.