Quotes About Perspective

I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on

some smart alecs of those days after World War I used to say: "The French fought for liberty, the British fought to control the seas, but the Americans fought for souvenirs.

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

Give me a one-handed Economist. All my economists say 'on hand...', then 'but on the other...

Nearly every crisis seems to be the worst one, but after it's over, it isn't so bad.

People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.

Do you see things in black and white, or are there shades of gray for you?" "I hope there's gray...Black and white make things easier, but only if you don't want to think.

When you thought of permanent oblivion, temporary oblivion was the only foxhole you had.

A book can transform your life and add new dimensions to the way you think.

Students should be told how to think, not what to think!

Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.

When time passes, memories seem to grow weathered, and even hardships can seem like happy times.

silencing doesn't resolve anything; rather than erase differences

All too often, people make the mistake of focusing too much on the content of their

Communication isn't as simple as saying what you mean. How you say what you mean is crucial, and differs from one person to the next, because using language is learned social behavior: How we talk and listen are deeply influenced by cultural experience. Although we might think that our ways of saying what we mean are natural, we can run into trouble if we interpret and evaluate others as if they necessarily felt the same way we'd feel if we spoke the way they did.

You can't camp about something you don't take seriously. You're not making fun of it. You're making fun out of it.

Funny how that is. The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets

Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise seem an overwhelming problem.

It's my perspective: gloom and doom.

When my children complain that I'm forgetful, I remind them that DAD is just ADD spelled sideways.

I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet ' even in the competitive movie business.