Quotes About Perspective

It's satisfying to watch a story where you feel like you're a fly on the wall.

I wouldn't have been in the mind-set to do another 'Fly.'

Flying small airplanes is not like being on airlines.

It's nice to see different places and different parts of the world. It's pretty cool, though I hate flying!

I don't do really well in cities, which is crazy given that we're flying in and out of these major cities every week.

One thing that flying in space does for you is it gives you a change in perspective. We all have to live in the same place.

I suppose I built my share of model airplanes, but I can't remember that I was a flying fanatic.

Unfortunately, I don't do as much upside-down flying as I used to.

Is being single hard? It depends where your mind is. If you are focused, being single is an enjoyable experience, but if you hate being alone, you'll hate being single. I think it depends on the individual are where they are in life.

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.

We rob ourselves of so much by focusing on the wrong stuff. And the ability to get into the moment and deal with what is, that's the real opportunity.

I certainly have the problem of focusing on doing everything now to get where I want to be, and not actually seeing and taking in and appreciating what's right in front of me or who's right in front of me.

I think that focusing all experiences through the lens of the Internet is an example of not being able to see history through the eyes of others, to be so enamored of one's present time that one cannot see that the world was once elsewise and was not about you.

I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life.

I got to a stage in my mid-20s where I was focusing on 'what's next, what's next,' and sometimes you don't enjoy what you should.

Sometimes if you spend your time focusing on other people, you give them energy over you; you give them power.

I've really learned, first, focusing on the future and thinking about the future doesn't let you enjoy where you are now. And second of all, it's things that you can't control. You can't know.

I really like working. I can't think of a job I didn't like. I was in an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, which is not my idea of folk art; but I really enjoyed making it, and everyone was really nice.

What makes one type of music classical and one bluegrass and one folk - these things aren't what's important.

Folk music usually romanticises the road. 'Back in my Body' tells the opposite story.

A lot of folks would say that if I had been a little more selfish with my bat, I would have had a much bigger average. But that doesn't worry me.

Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.

I tried to distinguish myself from the Rush Limbaughs of the world, but I also understood that there were folks on the Left who did not want to make that distinction: who thought that we all sounded alike, and we all were in lockstep.