Quote by Hope Jahren Download Open image ““We talked about it with the benefit of distance and hindsight—”” — Hope Jahren ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“There’s something about distance, being removed from what’s familiar, that lets things happen.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hindsight’s a wonderful thing,” Klara said. “If we all had it there would be no history to write about.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Indeed, I find that distance lends perspective and I often write better of a place when I am some distance from it. One can… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“May ya have the hindsight ta know where you've been, the foresight ta know where where you're going, and the insight ta know when you're going too far...” — Shirley Bourget Copy Share
“There is this thing that distance does where it subtracts warm and context and history and each finds that they are arguing with a… — Lesley Nneka Arimah Copy Share Image
“I contemplated this undeniable path we had both stepped onto and rushed along without much planning, without enough caution or judgment. And there it… — S.J. Wright Copy Share Image
“what was their relevance, how could they help us and inform the way we worked together.” — Ben Hunt-Davis Copy Share Image
“Hindsight shows us our blind spots and biases; we can recognize ourselves as human beings caught in the cultural mores of a specific time.” — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“He avoided small talk at the best of times, and this, unquestionably, was a million horrific miles from the best of times.” — Jane Harper Copy Share Image
“You and I are going to work our asses off, teach them shit over and over, risk our fucking lives for them, and they… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
Men and women study things differently, and it's not because of our chromosomes. It's a product of our cultural conditioning. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
One thing that was very important to me was that I felt comfortable in the lab from being very, very small. I knew that… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
If every seed turned into a plant, we'd be living in a very different world. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
The live oak can grow sturdily on the hottest hills of central California, contrasting dark green against the golden grass. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
I grew up playing with kids who were the kids of people my parents grew up playing with, and they know me like nobody… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
The world breaks a little bit every time we cut down a tree. It's so much easier to cut one down than to grow… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
For a tree, to endure four months of daylight is like you or I going without sleep for four months. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm the same scientist I was back when I couldn't get a grant. Now I'm that same person thinking that same… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
Plants are decisive to a fault. A stem produces a bud that flowers once and once only. It offers pollen that is either dispersed… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
Even a very little girl can wield a slide rule, the cursor serving as a haft. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
