Edward E. Barnard Quotes

We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye.

Oftentimes what you see cancels out what you perceive.

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.

Belief and seeing: They are both often wrong.

I often tend to think that things are not what they seem.

Things are not always as they seem.

Did you ever think that maybe what you see isn't really what's true?

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

Seeing is not believing - it is only seeing.

We hear things, but we can't always see them, or, even if we do see them, we're not sure that we're seeing correctly. Hence: Invisible.

The assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deception.

What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real.

In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting young Hamlet into murderous sin? Is Juliet dead or merely sleeping? Does Lear really stand at the edge of a great cliff? Or has the Fool deceived him to save his life?

Seeing is not always believing.

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.

It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.

Appearances frequently deceive us, and what at first sight carries with it the face of good proves to be a real evil, whilst an apparent evil oftentimes conceals an extraordinary good

We do not see people as they are, but as they appear to us. And these appearances are usually misleading.

It would be a mistake to think something is wonderful just because it looks great.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Everything you see is not always real.

I will make thee think thy swan a crow.