F. H. Bradley Quotes

I've always tried to figure out what people think of themselves and what they think they're projecting.

Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.

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

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

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

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.

I am not aware of my public image or what people think of me. I don't evaluate myself that way.

I don't have all that great an awareness of how people see me in life. I don't find myself thinking about it a lot.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.

All of us are probably three people. We're probably the person that we think we are, and we're probably the person that you or somebody else perceives us to be, and... frankly, we're probably somewhere in the middle. And I think that it's important that there be a balance with respect to how individuals are - you know, are looked at.

People know what they see but they don't know what's happening inside. If you want to know who you are and how you feel about yourself, take a look at your environment.

It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

You know, most people really don't know me.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

I know I come off differently than I think of myself. I'm always surprised by what people say about me.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

I've learnt that, sometimes, how others see you is not the same as how you see yourself. I've learnt about how you can be multitasking - and sometimes other people see that you're multitasking. And that's not very nice for them.

To me, it seems like both 'Brief Interviews' and 'The Office' deal with characters that see themselves differently than the world sees them.

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

I don't have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.

We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual.

I know very well the difference between my image and who I am.