„Borders I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.“

„To my amazement, I have heard that there are people who have never seen a gnome. I can’t help pitying these people. I am certain there must be something wrong with their eyesight.“

—  Axel Munthe Swedish physician 1857 - 1949

„I have never seen faces, but because I have looked people in the eye, only their gazes.“

—  Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-American composer 1874 - 1951

As quoted in "The Red Gaze"' in Expressionism (2004) by Norbert Wolf, p. 92
Undated

„And everywhere I've gone, in the people I've met, and the stories I've heard, I have seen the very best of the American spirit. I have seen it in the incredible kindness and warmth that people have shown me and my family, especially our girls.“

—  Michelle Obama lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States 1964

2010s, Democratic National Convention speech (2012)

„Some people don't understand that it is the nature of the eye to have seen forever, and the nature of the mind to recall anything that was ever known.“

—  Alice Walker, livro The Temple of My Familiar

Fonte: The Temple of My Familiar

„I wonder how many people I have looked at all my life and never really seen.“

—  John Steinbeck, livro East of Eden

Variante: I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.
Fonte: East of Eden

„I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.“

—  Jane Austen, livro Orgulho e Preconceito

Fonte: Pride and Prejudice

„Translation: I do not have the power - besides no one has the power in Germany - to control how many people will cross the border to Germany.“

—  Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany 1954

Es liegt nicht in meiner Macht – und nicht in der Macht irgendeines Menschen in Deutschland – zu bestimmen, wie viele Menschen hierher kommen.
Merkel interviewed by Anne Will (German talk show) on October 7, 2015, "Angela Merkel: There will be no stop of receiving (refugees)" https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/fluechtlingspolitik-angela-merkel-den-aufnahmestopp-gibt-es-nicht/12422322.html,, October 10, 2015.
2015

„I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.“

—  Robert E. Lee Confederate general in the Civil War 1807 - 1870

As quoted in The American Soul: An Appreciation of the Four Greatest Americans and their Lessons for Present Americans (1920) by Charles Sherwood Farriss, p. 63

„I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.“

—  Brené Brown US writer and professor 1965

„These are the ugliest people I have ever seen in my life. I have to buy this!“

—  Sebastian Bach Canadian singer 1968

When looking at the back of Metallica's Kill 'Em All.

„The thing I worry about in Europe is that there is a logic of escalation in some of this. That the people whose voices aren’t heard have to do things to make their voices heard. Do you know what I mean? They’ll have to, you know, like, demonstrate and that kind of thing.“

—  Christopher Caldwell American political writer 1962

Interview with Bill Kristol (March 2017)

„I have a deep fear of hurting people…I don’t want to be seen as this kind of person. I don’t want my work to be seen as this type of work.“

—  Damon Young (writer) American writer and editor 1979

On the backlash he faced after writing a controversial article about sexual harassment in “White People Often Don’t See Damon Young. That’s About to Change.” https://www.motherjones.com/media/2019/03/white-people-often-dont-see-damon-young-thats-about-to-change/ in Mother Jones (March/April 2019)

„I have seen it before. Little people have to hate, have to blame someone for their own inadequacies.“

—  Glen Cook, livro Shadows Linger

Fonte: Shadows Linger (1984), Chapter 33, “Juniper: The Encounter” (p. 370)

„You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.“

—  Ansel Adams American photographer and environmentalist 1902 - 1984

„I never understood why some people seemed to have fun causing pain to someone smaller.“

—  Gottfried Helnwein Austrian photographer and painter 1948

Interview by Brendan Maher http://www.gottfried-helnwein-interview.com/index.html, Start, Ireland, November 24, 2004
Contexto: When I started to paint, I painted children because I just felt that I wanted to take their side. What always upset me was how children are getting abused simply because they are physically weaker and not capable of defending themselves – how they get raped, enslaved and killed. I never understood why some people seemed to have fun causing pain to someone smaller.

„You know, bad people, I've never seen bad people have angels. That's interesting you should ask that, because I've never seen angels around bad people.“

—  Sylvia Browne American author 1936 - 2013

May 16, 2003 Larry King Live, CNN interview http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0305/16/lkl.00.html

„They are a pretty amazing bunch… some people have been here for 18 hours, which is… unbelievable! I don't think I would ever wait 18 hours on something, not even an organ, that I needed. I don't think I would wait that long, I would be like, oh fine, never mind…“

—  Daniel Radcliffe English actor 1989

Talking about the fans, on the red carpet of the premiere of Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince "Interviewing Daniel Radcliffe" http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=nl-NL&vid=d4e31f2f-c0e1-486a-b69d-c25fa9bcc7f7

„Is she for real?” He paused and reconsidered. “Are you for real? Spells? Magic? I mean, don’t get me wrong. I drink blood and control people’s minds. But I’ve never heard of anything like this.“

—  Richelle Mead, livro The Golden Lily

Fonte: The Golden Lily

„When I visit places remote from where I ordinarily work, people ask me long, elaborate questions that could not possibly have any relationship to my work. The people haven't ever seen it, and so I say: 'But my dear sir, have you ever seen my work?' The response is: 'Of course, I've seen many of your works.' - 'But where?' - 'In Artforum, Art in America..' - I say: 'Have you ever actually seen one of the objects, have you actually stood on one of them?“

—  Carl Andre American artist 1935

quote from: 'Un entretien entre Carl Andre et Elisabeth Lebovici et Thierry Chabanne,', question 15; reprinted in the chapter 'Art and Capitalism' as 'Art and Reproduction.'