Gordon Ramsay

I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it.

Scottish Chef

Iris Apfel

The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.

American Businesswoman

Thomas Jefferson

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

American President

Sherry Yard

Grandma played a taste test game with my sister and me when I was 3 years old. She would blindfold us and have us guess what was on the spoon: the first flavors I got were strawberry - then coffee!

American Chef

Melody Beattie

What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it's our fault, that we're to blame, when really we should be focused on being gentle with ourselves.

American Writer

Theodore C. Sorensen

If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.

American Lawyer

Jason Kander

I'm that dude from the ad about background checks where I put a rifle together blindfolded.

American Politician

Muriel Rukeyser

I learned that I had been brought up as a protected, blindfolded daughter.

American Poet

Kyle Walker

Sometimes you can almost play the game with a blindfold on.

English Athlete

David M. Shoup

To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.

General

Refers to the act of intentionally blocking one's sense of sight, often for games or challenges.

Sensory Deprivation

Used to create suspense or surprise by preventing someone from seeing what's coming next.

Mystery Enhancer

Often used in team-building activities to foster reliance on others' guidance.

Trust Exercise

Can imply a power dynamic, where the blindfolder controls the movements of the blindfolded.

Control Mechanism

Sometimes used to prevent someone from recognizing a location or other people.

Security Measure

May also be used figuratively to suggest someone is being kept in ignorance about something.

Not Always Literal

The adjective form can describe someone who is unaware or lacks understanding, not just sight.

Metaphorical Usage

Used in contexts like games to indicate performing a task without literal sight, for difficulty.

Non-Literal Challenge

Indicates a display of abilities, like memory or hearing, by doing something without sight.

Skill Demonstration

 receive some really positive feedback from the crowd we had them shoot blindfolded and we lied to them totally telling them that they scored on the blindfolded shots and then upon taking off the blindfold we had them do ten shots again free throw with the crowd cheering the money all of them showed improvement in their

On the Set of Positive...

 convinced they contacted the spirit world no way you can doubt it I don't think that No but for our final test we're going to have the group reach out again only this time with a little twist what I have here are some blindfold surely blindfolding our participants won't make a difference to the spirits

Do You Believe? PIPE Brain...

 Now, if you think about that, peacekeepers being trained on top of bodies. It's very ironic. But the bodies -- face down, most of them, hands tied behind their backs, blindfolded, all types of trauma -- these were people who were defenseless who were being executed.

Fredy Peccerelli: A...

 they're basically socks that we stuff in the giraffe's ear to try to you know keep them calm you know muffle out sounds and then the blindfold is sort of like um maybe a potato sack type texture so they can kind of see through it you know but it's still helping keep

Giraffes on a Boat PIPE...

 And they’re precise enough to let blindfolded sea lions tell the difference between objects less than two centimeters different in size. With these tools a healthy sea lion can catch generous helpings of fish such as anchovy, mackerel, and squid on every outing.

The lovable (and lethal)...

 that's populated by blindfolded elite leaders of the world listening to Marina Abramovic talk about her rooms room circular economy it's pretty great it's pretty great now for a list of things you could only here at Ted you all saw

TED2015 in review PIPE...

 So starting side by side, it helps us get face to face. But then that face to face arousal, it needs to be more than just putting on sexy lingerie or buying handcuffs and a blindfold.

A Sex Therapist's Secret...

 babies I am daisies an old hand but this time she's got tricks this is their standard stand stand stand in the dance okay loosen blindfold bring it up to the door

Cow Nurtures Three...

 Alright -- please take off your blindfolds. Welcome to the performance world. First of all, let's explain what the performance is.

An Art Made of Trust,...

 this oh you oh wow by making her think she sank those blindfolded shots and by cheering and giving her positive reinforcement it's

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Mystery Enhancer

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