“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.” — Jennifer Mugrage Copy Share Image
In retrospect, the most unnerving aspect of being openly gay was that it turned out to be as disappointingly normal as being… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
And then adds with a laugh, 'but in retrospect I think he may have been more sophisticated than we were.' — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle. — Jessica Livingston Copy Share Image
People steal into one's consciousness and occupy what seems, in retrospect, to have been their place all along. — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible. — Michael McFaul Copy Share Image
“I didn't throw the paper away. Maybe I should have. Oh, the things you know in retrospect.” — Ilsa J. Bick 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
...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
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
In retrospect, we could see that the 1950s had been a reactionary period in America of Eisenhower blandness, of virulent anticommunism, of… — Edmund White 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
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
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
How ungenerously in later life we disclaim the virtuous moods of our youth, living in retrospect long, summer days of unreflecting dissipation. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there… — David Livermore 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
The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . .… — Charles Mackay 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
In diplomacy, as in life itself, one often learns more from failures than from successes. Triumphs will seem, in retrospect, to be… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
To the best of my recollection, I became a philosopher because my parents wanted me to become a lawyer. It seems to… — Jerry Fodor Copy Share Image
I remember my mom threatening me, half-serious: 'You know what? I should take you to Pittsburgh and put you in dance lessons… — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
I would wipe my tears, and walk out of the stall and the bathroom, and march myself back into that courtroom because… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
“Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
In retrospect Hank I don't know why I spent four years writing this book when I could have just made a hit… — John Green Copy Share Image
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is always a reason. When I look back on things that really upset me at the moment, I can always see… — Melissa Rauch Copy Share Image
Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Some of the sweetest hours in life, in retrospect will be found to have been spent with books. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In retrospect, everything is finite, but prospectively, there are infinite possibilities. I guess that's what makes life hopeful. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
One often sees a call only in retrospect. This too is God's design. God often reinforces our faith after we trust him,… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
A lively retrospect summons back to us once more our youth, with vivid reflex of its early joys and unstained pleasures. — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
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