Perspective Quotes · Page 30

People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.

— John Diamond

In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one…

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

“That it may be the only thing the darkness makes clearer: who really matters is whoever you're most desperate to see.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

I think the city of Atlanta has a lot of stories from the woman's perspective.

— Stephen Glover

“Things that are falling apart encourage me: whatever else, I’m in better shape than they are.”

— Margaret Atwood

I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.

— Billy Corgan

“Sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.”

— Stephen Chbosky

One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before.

— Anne Rice

Morality is often seen as an innovation, like agriculture and writing. From this perspective, babies are pint-sized psychopaths, self-interested beings who need…

— Paul Bloom

One classic mistake is when people give the impression that they just want a job, not this job or this company in…

— Kathryn Minshew

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are…

— Anonymous

“Half of bravery is perspective. The first time I did this, it was one of the hardest things I had ever done.…

— Veronica Roth

I'm probably less serious about my game than I was in the past. I've lost a brother and father in the past…

— Peter Jacobsen

S. J. Keyser is a shrewd and insightful observer of academe. His experiences in three universities, Brandeis, UMass, and MIT, enrich his…

— Anonymous

“The world in which we now live is a world whose outlook is so distorted that we absolutize what is relative (money-making,…

— Alice von Hildebrand

I know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always…

— Zadie Smith

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin…

— Oprah Winfrey

At one time, the earth was supposed to be flat. Well, so it is, even today, from Paris to Asnieres. But that…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Everything felt fragile and freshly come upon, but for now, at least, my depression had stepped back, giving me room to move…

— Daphne Merkin

You leave home, and then when you come back, you have a kind of perspective that you didn't have before that in…

— Jennine Capó Crucet

Nothing's new since Genesis. And so everybody in their life thinks history began when they were born. Most people's historical perspective happened…

— Rush Limbaugh

We see ourselves as filmmakers and as storytellers. We want to make films that move people emotionally. The most effective thing that…

— Jon Shenk

The institution of marriage works better when there's a spiritual connection. If you're marrying just for the sake of the woman, then…

— A. R. Rahman

“There is an invincible fortress that greed, gluttony and all of the other self-centered forces relentlessly assail with great force. Yet this…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.”

— Otto von Bismarck

A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points

— Alan Kay

Is not about creating an object. It is about creating a perspective.

— Albert Paley

Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it?

— Anonymous

You'll never really Understand a person until you consider things from their point of view.

— Anonymous

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Those who truly want greatness must surround themselves with people even greater than they are.”

— Dan Pearce

Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.

— Khaled Hosseini

Lots of times, our main problem isn't our problem. Our biggest problem is our perspective on our problem.

— Steven Furtick

Perspective is a ghastly mistake which it has taken four centuries to redress.

— Georges Braque

“And after night comes day, or more night, depending on the particular time-frame you choose to apply to your perspective.”

— Adam Roberts

It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth.

— Peggy Whitson

I'm always looking for a fresh perspective because it's fun to tell stories that are original and new in some way.

— Jack Black

“Never make it without the compass. In the trees, I'd lose all sense of perspective. Direction. Maybe life is like that.”

— Charles Martin

“A big thing will remain a big thing until a bigger thing will occur.”

— TPK

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

— George Eliot