Vincent Bugliosi Quotes

Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People just see what they want to see.

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.

I started thinking about what I've always been interested in: how people can't see things that are right in front of them. All you have to do is read the papers to see endless examples of smart people who can't see the nose on their faces.

We often do not see what we do not expect to see.

Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds another thing, he sees through the veil of his preconception, he criticizes before he has apprehended, he condemns without allowing his instinct the chance of asserting itself.

Men see what they expect to see.

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.

Theory can blind observation.

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

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

If you think people are dumb, you'll spend a lifetime doing dumb work.

Our pride is tied up in being right. We tend to favor data that confirm our beliefs, so we don't see alternatives. Too often, leaders practice defense routines that become self-reinforcing.

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 impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

A high openness score means you're open-minded - you see the world for what it is - whereas a low openness score means you're incredibly closed-minded, and you see the world the way you want to see it, regardless of what is actually going on.

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it.

The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.