Quotes About Perspective

Even though I have a warm, nostalgic view of spam fritters, if you gave them to me now, I would probably find them absolutely disgusting.

The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn't scare me at all. There's no reason why one should be scared.

I'm sure that it's a universal experience, but I wonder if it gets exacerbated more in Los Angeles, where people are constantly looking over at the other people, going, 'Why don't I have that? I want that. Their table looks warmer.'

I had never had a particularly warm feeling about Richard Nixon, and it didn't get any warmer after my service.

The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.

To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring. If our starting point is to prove that Armageddon is on its way, we will not consider all of the evidence, and will not identify the smartest policy choices.

I'm saying, Come on, the global warming thing? How did the ice melt during the ice ages? Was the dinosaurs driving SUVs around back then?

The topic of global warming is so heavy that sometimes the only way you can open people's eyes is by greeting them with levity and self-deprecation first.

Global warming is my personal experience.

I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much difference.

Listen, global warming is a real problem, but it' s not the end of the world. A 30-centimetre sea level rise is just not going to bring the world to a standstill, just like it didn't over the last 150 years.

There is no global warming problem, there isn't going to be a global warming problem. Sit back and enjoy the sunshine.

I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to be heard.

Growing up in a trailer, you think everything you get is good. I always thought it was a gift from God, because some people are out here struggling and on the street. We had warmth. We had clothes. We had a roof over our head.

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.

People try to warn you about certain things, but sometimes you have to experience those things yourself.

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

The size difference on a Warner Bros. film versus the small productions I had been on in Europe was enormous. You go from 20 people on set to 150.

As a historian, I've spent much of my career warning people about the dangers of nostalgia.

I wish theater criticism in this country could be more of a companion piece to the experience than a warning about where not to spend your money.

I've had a lot of people pass away in my life. I guess it's all a matter of how you deal with your mortality - and recognizing that you are mortal. I'm trying to see what a gift life is and how quickly it can be extinguished, without any warning.

Being ambitious, driven, and passionate can sometimes come at a cost and warp our sense of perspective: when we constantly work and strive to be better, we can find ourselves dwelling on mistakes of the past or putting pressure on what we'll do in the future, rather than living in the present.

Measuring the oil industry in dollars gives you a very warped view. Pick a sound currency such as Swiss francs or gold grams and look at the oil business through that lens.