Quotes About Perspective

If I never had another thing, Id have everything.

Keep your small mind open," said Nana, wagging a crooked pinkie finger at Jannie. "That's if you ever want it to grow bigger and don't want to remain a small person all your life.

Between Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and Dorothy Parker, everything worth saying has already been said, and said better than i could ever say it

whenever Maeve would mention another foster case or needy child she'd heard about and say, "What's another pound on an elephant?

If you're going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. Things are almost never as bad as they first seem. Loosen up, girlfriend!

IF YOU ASK ME A PERSON DOESNT GET ENOUGH SURPRISES IN A LIFE TIME.

There comes a point in everybody's life when you realize the stakes have suddenly changed. The carefree ride of your life slams into a stone wall; all those years of merely bouncing along, life taking you where you want to go, abruptly end.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN REALITY…

Don't mistake the edge of a rut for the horizon.

You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.

Everybody's a critic these days.

were right. You could still be in the wrong

Can we ever really judge behavior by the behavior itself? Lesson learned. Most often, we can't.

We are the sum of our thoughts. What you choose to dwell on will dictate your emotions.

Never wrestle with a pig, Lindsay. You both get dirty. The pig likes it.

Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?

One only realizes the value of air when one is deprived of it and one only begins to value life in the face of death.

All of us shrinks talk about VFC when we get together. Very fucking crazy, Gerry.

What are we but our stories

The next morning, Mom set two plates of scrambled eggs in front of me and Georgia and then sat down to watch us eat. She loves to watch us eat, which I totally don't get. I mean, she works at a diner. She watches people eat all day long.

The color of truth is gray.

Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles. It really is, if you learn how to look at it with right perspective.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

If you're going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now...Things are almost never as bad as they first seem. Loosen up, girlfriend... you could giggle more in real life.