John Hodgman Quotes

For me, I've never really thought of myself as labeled as a shooter or whatever. People can say whatever they want.

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.

I have no issues with my identity.

Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri.

If people ask, 'Are you Sherlock Holmes?', it's horribly naff, but I say, 'I'm not, I just look a bit like him' - which is how I feel. There are bad attributes of his that I really don't share!

It's lame to say that I'm a normal girl, but I think I am.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

I don't know if I get recognized necessarily, though I do get looked at a lot - but I don't know if it's because of who I am, or if people just think I look weird.

Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.

You think you know who you are, and then other people have these other ideas.

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.

Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'

I can't control what people think. They know who I am.

I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.

There's a discrepancy between what you think you are and what other people think you are.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.

I've always been very conscious of who I am.

I don't want to become known as just a body.

People have a perception of me because of Victoria's Secret that I'm sexy, but I'm not a sexy girl. I'm very tomboyish.