Neil Gaiman Quotes

One is unable to notice something because it is always before one's eyes.

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

It often happens that what stares us in the face is the most difficult to perceive.

... the fallibility of human brains is in nothing more obvious than in proof reading.

He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing.

It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.

Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us. We want a simple world, but we live in a magnificently complex one, and rather than open ourselves to it, we perceive the world through filters that make it less daunting.

Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?

Only the most uncritical minds are free from doubt.

Throughout history, one of the biggest problems is that the correct course of action is not always obvious, and the obvious course of action is not always correct.

Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.

Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.

There's nothing like drawing a thing to make you really see it.

Like all religions, Reason presents itself as the solution to the problems it has created

You jump right over anything in the past, and you don't analyze problems.

The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.

Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.

Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.

The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.

How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison to the family standing in front of it? What is it about the anatomy of the people that doesn't look right? Then let them try it again. Teach them to learn how to see and ask questions.

An idea or a fact is not worth more merely because it's more available to you.

It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.

How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?