Quotes About Perspective

September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible.

I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that.

There can never be a single, satisfactory comprehensive account of the 'history of the British empire.'

You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.

Certainly the history of astronomy shows that every time we thought we were special, we were wrong.

I can't take on the history of 50 percent of the population just because I'm a woman.

I believe there's no such thing as history; there's only historians, and in English, we've got this word 'his'tory, but what about her story? So that, in the end, the history of the world would be a history of every single one of its members, but of course, you could never get to grips with that.

All of history misses out on the history of the soul. Human passions are so often not included in history.

We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.

I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.

The most important thing I learned is that when you are actively learning about someone else you are passively teaching them about yourself.

Seeing what you want from life from the inside out, rather than from the outside in, is the most important thing.

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

Music is my favorite thing in the world. I grew up completely around it and I think it's one of the most important things to me, but at this point I can't see myself doing that professionally. Luckily, for the most part, I don't feel pressured.

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

One moment cannot be the most important.

The most important opinions to me are those that belong to the guys in the changing room.

One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who haven't read Shakespeare.

I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen.

Beauty is very important, but it's not the most important thing in the world.

People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it's a sense of humor. If you've got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.