Perspective Quotes · Page 29

Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts.

— Joshua L. Goldberg

From my own perspective, I value productivity more than tradition, but the customs of the House evolve slowly.

— Jared Polis

Consciousness is phenomenologically subjective whenever there is a stable, consciously experienced first-person perspective.

— Thomas Metzinger

How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.

— Vernor Vinge

Well from a personal perspective, quitting drinking is a decision I felt good about.

— George W. Bush

Let heaven fill your thoughts instead. Because when you do, everything on earth gets placed in its proper perspective.

— Greg Laurie

Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is unique.

— Elizabeth Bowen

I think the female gaze is important because we cannot have just one perspective on anything.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had…

— Jamal Crawford

It's good to find common ground with people. When you find common ground and you see things from other people's perspective, you…

— Victoria Osteen

One of the things that EBONY [magazine] has done for years, decades is perspective. They knew what our audience was, they know…

— Ed Gordon

Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars…

— Margaret Fuller

A lot of times, films tell stories about the time we live in. So when making history, it´s just as important to…

— Anne Sewitsky

It can feel like such a hectic lifestyle. We are always busy and always under pressure. So giving myself that 10 minutes…

— Jos Buttler

The camera's perspective exactly matches that of the assassin: it now shoots the tourists shooting their own memorial photos, and we can…

— Joachim Schmid

We believe we can change things according to our wishes because that's the only happy solution we can see. We don't think…

— Marcel Proust

There were times in my life when I said, "Oh God, I'm making a terrible, terrible mistake here." And on another level…

— Richard Bach

Having gandchildren you see the world through much broader perspectives. And you're more aware of your actions your thoughts and how it…

— Terrence Howard

“Over dinner, we mostly talk about Henry being gone a year. I tell her what someone told me in Italy: that grief…

— Ben Aitken

What outsourcing causes - what it's caused by, rather. I understand, for instance, how to read a balance sheet. I happen to…

— Mitt Romney

It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The…

— William Finnegan

The brain has an attentional mode called the "mind wandering mode" that was only recently identified. This is when thoughts move seamlessly…

— Daniel Levitin

I get really worried, like if they say, 'Take vocal lessons,' or something because it's kind of like I used to really…

— Eddie Vedder

“He [Wordsworth] invited his readers to abandon their usual perspective and to consider for a time how the world might look through…

— Alain de Botton

“Perspective was my secret weapon, and books gave me plenty of ammunition.”

— Ian McNulty

I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.

— Russel Honore

I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.

— Calvin Klein

Turn things around sometimes and look at life from a different perspective.

— Jean Wilson

I think a sense of history and perspective for our young people today is essential.

— Vera Lynn

“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn't mean to take.”

— Angela N. Blount

I usually read a script from an audience perspective first, and then look more closely at the character only.

— Colm Meaney

Resist the urge to get into an argument. Remember, you dont have to agree, just try to understand the other persons perspective.

— Kemmy Nola

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.

— Saint Francis de Sales

“Everyone should have a kid. They really put things in perspective. I know a guy can get you one cheap.”

— Anthony Chapman

“I keep my work in perspective. I place my happiness, health, relationships, and joy above all else.”

— Anonymous

“Perspective is as simple as answering this question: If I had 5 months to live would I experience this problem differently?”

— Shannon L. Alder

“put problems into perspective—they give you a means for standing back and getting a better view of a situation”

— Jeanne Segal

One of the best possible perspectives from which to tell a story is that of a ghost, someone who is dead but…

— Javier Marías

Two people can have a middling day, but one rounds up and the other rounds down.

— Anonymous

Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.

— Paul Anka