Perception Analyst Gifts

"My birthday is coming up in a couple of days - don't you think you'd better get busy and take up a collection for my gift?"

Pity vs. Bragging and Public Relations

'The polls say we're managing all of the people all of the time.'

"Yes, you have given 100% to this company. But, over the five years you've worked here that's only 20% a year."

'I'm sorry, Madam Zola. I'm afraid you no longer have second sight.'

"The trouble is, professor, you see the Erlenmeyer flask half empty and I see it half full."

"Why do people talk about a rat's nest like it's a bad thing?"

Famous Optical Illusions!

Others' perceptions (which aren't always true)

Millionaire trapped in the body of a bum. Please help correct the situation. ?

Objects in mirror bear no relation to reality.

"You say priorities, I hear suggestions."

'I didn't choose art. Art chose me!'

'Perhaps it's time we re-branded.'

'Sometimes I wonder how things would have turned out, if I'd gotten Mom's eyes and Dad's hair.'

"It's not the timing of our relationship that's wrong. It's the lighting."

Optimist, Pessimist, Surrealist.

"Do you have any books on perception?"

'Your attention span is not very long.'

Artists without borders.

'The mirror doesn't lie.' 'Thank goodness.'

" ... and here's where you took vacation."

Man reading problems of perception upside-down.

'But how do I know you're really a genetic engineer?'

'Thirteen'

"No, actually. 40 is the new 60."

Unreliable Narrator

Berkeley Webcams

'Hi, I'm Sheldon, and I want to speak to you about perception management!'

'I'll take THIS mirror.'

Everyone thinks they can do it

"That's not the real me."

People respond to their map of reality - NOT reality

'Warning: Objects in mirror may bear no relation to reality'

'Which vacation destination do you prefer: a country where Americans are feared, idolized, envied or hated? Or shall we just let that be a surpriese?'