Quotes About Reflection

A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened.

Not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing.

Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who came before and those who will come after.

The problem as you get older is, from my perspective, after a certain amount of songs, you tend to start writing something and then you stop and say, 'Wait, I think I've written that before.'

I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective.

People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.

My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.

People should be faced with losing everything a little bit more often because it really helps put a lot of things into perspective.

I still write the same way and have the same perspective.

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.

When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.

I have a pretty healthy perspective on what my past music was.

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.

Having a child on the way changes your perspective. You want to do things that will make them proud of you.

I have a lot of mirrors around my house, not because I like to look at myself, but because I like the light and perspective they bring to a room.

I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the passenger's seat sometimes, and I feel fortunate for that because I've learned a lot from that perspective.

You have to know how to keep things in perspective.

I've lost perspective on what I'm doing. I think it's good for me to take a break and reassess why I'm doing it and how I'm doing it. And I think this is probably a good way to learn about that. I need a break from myself as much as I imagine the audience does.

One gains a double benefit in writing about the past, conjuring up how things might have been, and at the same time acquiring a different perspective on the present.

Being able to laugh at a situation can help you hang on to your perspective. And there's an intimacy in laughter that nothing else can come close to.

Not living in L.A. gives me a different perspective. I'm not so caught up in the daily process of self-congratulations that's out there.

General writing about science, even if we do it badly, helps us to see our work in perspective and broadens our vision.

Try to see things differently - It's the only way to get a clearer perspective on the world and on your life.