--- title: "12 Looking Rearview Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Looking Rearview quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Looking Rearview sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/marshall-mcluhan-641_forward_we-go-forward-looking-in-the-rearview-mi_968532.png" --- > [We go forward looking in the rearview mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/we-go-forward-looking-in-the-rearview-mirror/) [Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/marshall-mcluhan-641_forward_we-go-forward-looking-in-the-rearview-mi_968532.png) > [Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/telling-the-future-by-looking-at-the-past-assumes-that-conditions/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/anonymous-1_change_telling-the-future-by-looking-at-the-pas_1712703.jpg) > [“YOU CAN'T DRIVE A CAR LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR! STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IF YOU WANT TO…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-d-sherman/you-can-t-drive-a-car-looking-in-the-rearview-mirror-stay-focused-on/) [D.D. Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-d-sherman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/d-d-sherman-66371_inspirational-quotes_you-can-t-drive-a-car-looking-in-the-rea_1657477.jpg) > [Its impossible to see where you are going when you are constantly looking in your rearview mirror](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-horton/its-impossible-to-see-where-you-are-going-when-you-are-constantly/) [Eric Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-horton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/eric-horton-69520_mirror_its-impossible-to-see-where-you-are-goin_2806268.jpg) > [“managing a company by looking at financial data (lag measures) is the equivalent of “driving a car by looking in the rearview…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-mcchesney/managing-a-company-by-looking-at-financial-data-lag-measures-is-the/) [Chris McChesney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-mcchesney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/chris-mcchesney-33021_business_managing-a-company-by-looking-at-financi_2699580.jpg) > [The longer we keep looking back in the rearview mirror, it takes away from everything that's moving forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-quinn/the-longer-we-keep-looking-back-in-the-rearview-mirror-it-takes-away/) [Dan Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/dan-quinn-12052_looking-back_the-longer-we-keep-looking-back-in-the-r_2275650.jpg) > [There's something very surreal about driving a truck, looking in the rearview mirror, and seeing 20 cop cars behind you. Even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-jamal-warner/there-s-something-very-surreal-about-driving-a-truck-looking-in-the/) [Malcolm-Jamal Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-jamal-warner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/malcolm-jamal-warner-14415_driving_there-s-something-very-surreal-about-dri_1873050.jpg) > [It may be tempting to look back and wring our hands over missed opportunities for change in the preceding decades. But, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-granholm/it-may-be-tempting-to-look-back-and-wring-our-hands-over-missed/) [Jennifer Granholm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-granholm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/jennifer-granholm-5381_change_it-may-be-tempting-to-look-back-and-wrin_2375490.png) > [I tend not to spend a lot of time looking in the rearview mirror. If you say, 'Oh, I did 'Hill Street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-bochco/i-tend-not-to-spend-a-lot-of-time-looking-in-the-rearview-mirror-if/) [Steven Bochco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-bochco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/steven-bochco-24601_blues_i-tend-not-to-spend-a-lot-of-time-lookin_1510752.jpg) > [“People often think that the best way to predict the future is by collecting as much data as possible before making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-m-christensen/people-often-think-that-the-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-by/) [Clayton M. Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-m-christensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/clayton-m-christensen-6841_time_people-often-think-that-the-best-way-to_1615469.jpg) > [I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-olsen/i-love-driving-but-sometimes-i-m-not-too-good-at-it-because-i-spend/) [Ashley Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-olsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/ashley-olsen-15616_body_i-love-driving-but-sometimes-i-m-not-too_393407.png) > [“I know I shouldn't turn to look at Cicely, no matter how much I want to. So I don't. But I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bradley-rede/i-know-i-shouldn-t-turn-to-look-at-cicely-no-matter-how-much-i-want/) [Laura Bradley Rede](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bradley-rede/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/laura-bradley-rede-23218_rearview-mirror_i-know-i-shouldn-t-turn-to-look-at-cicel_2126192.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-rearview/#itemlist", "name": "Looking Rearview Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We go forward looking in the rearview mirror.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marshall McLuhan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/we-go-forward-looking-in-the-rearview-mirror/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/marshall-mcluhan-641_forward_we-go-forward-looking-in-the-rearview-mi_968532.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/marshall-mcluhan-641_forward_we-go-forward-looking-in-the-rearview-mi_968532.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/marshall-mcluhan-641_forward_we-go-forward-looking-in-the-rearview-mi_968532.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We go forward looking in the rearview mirror.” — Marshall McLuhan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. 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