George Clooney Quotes

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.

The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right.

The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

What I care about is maximum information.

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

Failure to recognize the obvious is not a good characteristic of a leader.

In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.

The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.

They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. "Carry this with you on your journey," he said softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star — and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.

You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.

To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

Is this true or only clever?

What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.

Whether you are running a business, an industry, or a nation - what is needed are insight, integrity, and inspiration.

Seeing, looking at what others cannot bear to see is what my life is all about.

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.

Distilling truth from overwhelming amounts of information is the essence of leadership.

The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe.

Maybe it was the same with people: if you studied them,you'd see new and different things. But would you like what you saw? Did it depend on who was doing the looking?