Destiny is not something that happens all at once-it's something that happens only in retrospect. — John Green Copy Share Image
“The boring parts don't last forever. In retrospect, they aren't even boring.” — Ada Calhoun Copy Share Image
“I have had . . . easier days. Although in retrospect, this one is not atypical.” — Robin Furth Copy Share Image
History is just the present in retrospect. Times change but people do not. — Jeanne C. Stein Copy Share Image
It's always hard for an author to determine his own intentions, especially in retrospect. — Paul Kingsnorth Copy Share Image
“In retrospect I can only call it a party in passing. If I can be completely frank, I’ve had crazier bowel movements.” — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
In retrospect it always seems to work out that you can look back on something that was a disaster and find some… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Are the things that now, in retrospect, with what I've seen happen to my company, would I have done some things differently?… — Jeffrey Skilling Copy Share Image
Those of us who have come to years of discretion and more, must often take to retrospect, and seek to appraise the… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that McDonald's gift certificates caused the obesity epidemic, but in retrospect, the timing is kind of suspicious. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
I might say that in retrospect, looking at where the community college system is today, I think we may have gone too… — Daniel J. Evans Copy Share Image
I've had a number of near misses during my travels that in retrospect seem of greater concern than they did at the… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
In retrospect, it's ridiculous that anyone saw me as a fashion icon, since all I was trying to do was to dumb… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
Working at the scene of the action, I have adopted Robert Capa's saying: 'If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close… — Micha Bar-Am Copy Share Image
The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Reporters are not paid to operate in retrospect. Because when news begins to solidify into current events and finally harden intohistory, it… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The road is a strange place. Shuffling along, I looked up and you were there walking across the grass toward my truck… — Robert James Waller Copy Share Image
Of course, we wrote the songs accordingly and performed and recorded them that way. At that time, we really thought it was… — Mark McGrath Copy Share Image
I think the time in between albums, as much as it was not anticipated, it was much-needed, and very helpful, very useful.… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
It was weird that most people knew me as someone let go from 'SNL.' I had the best time there, and in… — Michaela Watkins Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to describe happiness, because at the time it feels entirely natural, as if all the rest of your… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect. My gift, or fatal flaw, is for nostalgia. I have… — Tana French Copy Share Image
It was too difficult. People weren't prepared to put in the hours on the donkey work - you know, dates and facts… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
I know you have not thought about it. Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and the downfall of your civilisation.… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
The widespread inability to understand technological artifacts as fabricated entities, as social and cultural phenomena, derives from the fact that in retrospect… — Johannes Grenzfurthner Copy Share Image
“In any case, while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points', one can surely only recognise such moments in… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
There's a kind of edge to what you're doing, the kind of leading edge of what you're doing. Inside that edge [are… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
![“There's a kind of edge to what you're doing, the kind of leading edge of what you're doing. Inside that edge [are elements you] are familiar with, and are probably becoming slightly bored with, as well, over a period of time. "I've pulled that one out before. Oh, no, I can't I'm just fed up with…” quote by Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3a8/brian-eno-776_becoming_there-s-a-kind-of-edge-to-what-you-re-do_1618456.jpg)