Retrospect Quotes

134 Retrospect quotes by 119 unique authors

To the best of my recollection, I became a philosopher because my parents wanted me to become a lawyer. It seems to me, in retrospect,… — Jerry Fodor
One often sees a call only in retrospect. This too is God's design. God often reinforces our faith after we trust him, not before. — Ravi Zacharias
I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer… — Boz Scaggs
I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any… — Jonathan Carroll
Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen. — Wayne Newton
Having an adventure shows that someone is incompetent, that something has gone wrong. An adventure is interesting enough - in retrospect. Especially to the person… — Vilhjalmur Stefansson
And there's always retrospect to light a clearer path. — Emily Saliers
History is lived forwards but it is written in retrospect. We know the end before we consider the beginning and we can never wholly recapture… — C. V. Wedgwood
History is just the present in retrospect. Times change but people do not. — Unknown Author
Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see… — Mike Figgis
Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle. — Jessica Livingston
It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners. — Caroline Pratt
He wanted us to play whatever we played in the most characteristic and appropriate style. Even it was the theme from 'The Godfather,' you needed… — Manny Laureano
It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet Union, who managed… — George Friedman
The complicated thing about friends is that sometimes they are totally wrong about us and sometimes they are totally right and it's almost always only… — Cheryl Strayed
Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will… — Evelyn Underhill
In diplomacy, as in life itself, one often learns more from failures than from successes. Triumphs will seem, in retrospect, to be foreordained, a series… — Richard Holbrooke
I really tend to write in retrospect. — Randy Houser
It was not until some weeks later that I realized there is no need to restrict oneself to 2 by 2 matrices. One could go… — Paul Dirac
It was too difficult. People weren't prepared to put in the hours on the donkey work - you know, dates and facts and so on.… — Sebastian Faulks

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