“I was surprised in retrospect how much we'd had in common just by virtue of being in the same family.” — Kate Eberlen Copy Share Image
“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.” — Jennifer Mugrage Copy Share Image
“But stupidity is one of two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners. — Caroline Pratt Copy Share Image
Adolescence is a kind of emotional seasickness. Both are funny, but only in retrospect. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
You’re the one who unleashed him. (Savitar) Yeah, well, let’s move on from the blame game. I was having suicidal thoughts and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I'm really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with 'Prima Donna'. I seem… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I reflected a lot, I thought a lot on my 50th birthday. It has been one of the most important birthdays in… — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering… — Andreas Gursky Copy Share Image
“When you can see your life in retrospect, the romanticism of how good things once were gives way to the reality that… — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
The importance of selecting music and sequencing songs - making one song merge into another song. In retrospect, those are the most… — Hans-Peter Lindstrøm Copy Share Image
The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since the end of… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
...With 9:36 left in the game, in retrospect we might have gone for two because we ended up with three more plays… — Dennis Franchione Copy Share Image
It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable.… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
A graceful and blessed old age must have three elements in it: a happy retrospect, a peaceful present, and an inspiring future.… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
It is difficult to understand why statisticians commonly limit their inquiries to Averages, and do not revel in more comprehensive views. Their… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
A part of that [timewrap] for me was growing up in a culture that violence had always been a part of. It… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I did all the stuff that people do - film, performance, photography, pictures and words, words and pictures. In retrospect, I was… — David Salle Copy Share Image
“Rendering moral judgements in retrospect can be hazardous. It is unfair to judge the past by the standards of the present. Yet… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The reader can test his own psychology by asking himself whether he would consider, in retrospect, the selling at 156 in 1925… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Doubt is my boon companion, the faithful St. Bernard ever at my side. Whether writing essays or just going about daily life,… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, as we read, two little girls slept as if couched on zephyrs on the south side of the parlor floor, in… — Mary Cantwell Copy Share Image
The act of sending a letter is an act of generosity, even if, in retrospect, it might seem reckless. Why regret one's… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The Lord givith and the Lord takith away. I was given a lot of signs from the universe and looking at it… — Ryan Montgomery Copy Share Image
When you have committed an action that you cannot bear to think about, that causes you to writhe in retrospect, do not… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
It is easy to see things in retrospect. But I was ignorant then of everything but my own happiness, and I don’t… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
The first time I ever performed spoken word poetry in front of a big crowd, it totally failed. It ended, people barely… — Phil Kay Copy Share Image
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