Perspective Quotes

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I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being… — John Updike
Nobody seemed to have any perspective any longer. Those were low points. But we got through it. — Uma Thurman
...As Thomas Kuhn pointed out in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, new scientific theories in any field are regarded with skepticism because scientists become attached… — Marilyn Ferguson
My wife and I have just returned from Belgium where, courtesy of the hotel TV, we acquired a new perspective on the Iraq war. The… — David Walker
Science and technology have freed humanity from many burdens and given us this new perspective and great power. This power can be used for the… — Jawaharlal Nehru
Brooklyn Heights itself is a window on the port. Here, where the perspective is fixed by the towers of Manhattan and the hills of New… — Alfred Kazin
At night... the streets become rhythmical perspectives of glowing dotted lines, reflections hung upon them in the streets as the wistaria hangs its violet racemes… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And… — Donnie Wahlberg
And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion.… — John G. Rowland
I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success at… — Matthew Sweet
One only has to look at the performance of the economy to understand how it shapes the perspective of America's youth about military service. — John M. McHugh
Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder. — Samuel Johnson
The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other. Independence doesn't imply rationality… — James Surowiecki
My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what… — Dana Hill
If we don't take inventory every once in a while and give thanks to God for the great things He has done for us, we… — David Jeremiah
Learning to endure, transform by perspective or action, and be grateful is the fast lane to a good life. That's right. Having great luck and… — Laura Schlessinger
Don't think about how your characters sound, but how they see. Watch the world through their eyes - study the extraordinary and the mundane through… — Dinaw Mengestu
What a splendid perspective contact with a profoundly different civilization might provide! In a cosmic setting vast and old beyond ordinary human understanding we are… — Carl Sagan
Now do you not see that the eye embraces the beauty of the whole world? It counsels and corrects all the arts of mankind... it… — Leonardo da Vinci
The only philosophy that can be practiced responsibly in the face of despair is the attempt to contemplate all things as they would present themselves… — Theodor Adorno

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