Quotes About Perspective

I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

I try not to interpret things of the world into a single meaning. Rather, I try the opposite.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.

I read an interview where someone said, 'It's a shame that anyone can make a movie now,' and I feel the exact opposite.

I challenge the idea that films about rich people are escapism and films about working class people are dour and sad. I find the opposite's the case.

My family was entirely political, all the time, on the left. The opposite of that is not to be political on the right. It's trying not to be - politics is not everything. There's life other than politics. Politics intrudes.

The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you.

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.

My problem with interviews, one day I'll think one thing, and the next day I'll think the exact opposite.

I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.

Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock band. I was dreaming of like corporate lunches and just like, and I'm not really joking. Like the whole idea to me was really appealing.

Usually, whatever people's particular political leaning is, they either think I'm just like them or the opposite.

When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're an actor, no one wants to hear what you think.

People see things in the opposite way that I do. There are places that spirit, soul and emotion reach.

I went from such a testosterone-driven show to the exact opposite, because 'Friends With Better Lives' is run by the ladies. I imagine it's close to what being married feels like.

L.A. is the opposite of Britain in a lot of respects, and that's what draws so many British people here.

Mourinho and Zidane are very different, one could say they are opposites. But it's not like one is bad and the other is good.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

I've never been an MP in government unfortunately and only know what it's like to be in opposition.

My mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that it was not just country music and the Grand Ole Opry.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.