Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes,… — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
History is lived forwards but it is written in retrospect. We know the end before we consider the beginning and we can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The clothes chosen for me as a child had a strong element of the Pre-Raphaelite, muted greens and ivories, dusty rose, what… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a… — Kat Edmonson 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
And then the work bears a strong sense of leave-taking for me personally. It ends the work I began in the 1960s… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The question is where are business ethics and morality if one of the parties wants to dishonor a binding contract, just because… — Anil Ambani Copy Share Image
No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. — Edward Teller 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
Yorgos Lanthimos said, "What about if he's a bit soft?" And I said, "Yeah, I think you're right." He just comfort-eats a… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
'Acting as if...' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances. — Stephen King 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
“There's a difference between thinking you can't be wrong and having no regrets. Wrongness is what occurs prior to empiricism, in hindsight… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is a characteristic of old age to find the progress of time accelerated. The less one accomplishes in a given time,… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image