Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.

Being in relationship with others helps us know ourselves better.

The best advice Drake's given anybody is to know yourself. It's the most important thing to live by.

What I enjoy the most about 'Insecure' is it holds up a mirror to real life. If you're paying attention and you're watching consciously, you are able to make better decisions about who you are, the people that are around you.

If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.

Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter.

Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others’ versions of ourselves.

The way you get to know yourself is by the expression on other people's faces.

If you want to know what you look like, look into a mirror. If you want to know how you think, you should write

Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast.

when asked, most folks will gladly tell us about ourselves, who we are, what we're feeling, and where we should be heading. And if we don't honor ourselves by listening to our lives, we'll believe them.

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.

I always let other people describe me because if I describe myself you will not understand.

To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.

People don't know. We don't know ourselves so we tell ourselves what we really know is other people. We could say the depth of pain we feel for the lovers who've left us is because we knew them so well.

What you really have to know is one: yourself. And the only way you can know that one is in the mirror of the others. And the only way you can see into the mirror of the others is by love or its opposite—by profound emotion. Certainly not by curiosity—by dancing around asking, looking, making notes. You have to live relationships to know.

I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

My personality doesn't interest me.