Quotes About Perspective

Tell me about it. Tell me about your private life, Baby, and your opinions. You never do - we always talk about Nicole.

Sie dachte, ich wüsste viel, weil ich andere Dinge wusste als sie...

You were brought up to work--not especially to marry. Now you've found your first nut to crack and it's a good nut--go ahead and put whatever happens down to experience. Wound yourself or him-- whatever happens it can't spoil you because economically you're a boy, not a girl.

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.' He

Think of it as if you were standing on one of those globes with a map on it — I always wanted one when I was a boy." "I understand," she said after a minute. "When you do that, you can feel the earth turn, can't you?" He nodded. "Yes. Otherwise it's all just mañana — waiting for the morning or the moon.

A woman never knows what a good man she's got till after she turns him down.

Every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbor's as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.

We all have souls of different ages.

J'ai eu l'impression que la terre entière m'avait abandonnée. [...] J'ai tourné la tête et je me suis mise à pleurer. [...] De toute façon, je pense que tout est horrible. [...] J'ai été partout, j'ai tout fait, j'ai tout vu.

There were days when Amory resented that life had changed from an even progress along a road stretching ever in sight, with the scenery merging and blending, into a succession of quick, unrelated scenes...

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

Es inevitablemente triste mirar con nuevos ojos cosas a las que ya hemos aplicado nuestra propia capacidad de enfoque.

epigram—life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all.

Wann immer du an jemandem etwas auszusetzen hast, sagte er, vergiss nicht, dass nicht alle auf dieser Welt einen so leichten Start hatten wie du.

Cuando sientas deseos de criticar a alguien" -dijo- "recuerda que no todo el mundo ha tenido las mismas oportunidadades que tú tuviste.

The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want it.

and beware of trying to classify people too   definitely into types; you will find that all through their youth   they will persist annoyingly in jumping from class to class, and   by pasting a supercilious label on every one you meet you are   merely packing a Jack-in-the-box that will spring up and leer at   you when you begin to come into really antagonistic contact with   the world. 

A boldogság-jegyezte meg egyszer Maury Noble- nem több, mint egy különösen elviselhetetlen nyomorúság megszünését követÅ' egy óra.

She thought I knew a lot because I knew different things from her….

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had

La vita, dopo tutto, appare molto più brillante se la si considera da un solo punto di vista

Kui ma noorem ja mõjutatavam olin, andis isa mulle kord head nõu, mille üle ma siiamaani mõtteid mõlgutan. «Kui sul tuleb tahtmine kedagi kritiseerida,» sõnas ta mulle, «siis tuleta endale meelde, et mitte kõikidel inimestel siin ilmas ei ole neid eeliseid olnud mis sinul.»

Kuigi alus, millele inimese käitumine toetub, võib olla nii kalju kui mädasoo, kaotab aluspõhi pärast teatava punkti ületamist minu silmis tähenduse.

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.