Quotes About Perspective

All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it's all part of the story we tell.

What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache of regret?

The eye sees everything upside down," the artist explained, "and then the brain automatically reverses it. I'm just trying to put it back the way the mind sees it." Alvis

our lives have a way of eddying back on themselves, offering us the same view over and over, daring us to get it right just once.

All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character—what we believe—none of it is real; it's all part of the story we tell. But here's the thing: it's our goddamned story!

It's quite a thing when the world is upside down to hear someone say it don't have to be—that a man could be paid enough to feed and house himself.

I remembered his saying that I really only lived in the perceptions of others, and suddenly it seemed painfully true. I couldn't think of a time when I'd acted on my own, when I wasn't driven by my grief

And do you have opinions that John Locke didn't write first?

This is what happens when your life is authored not by God, but by David Mamet.

All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character—what we believe—none of it is real; it's all part of the story we tell. But here's the thing: it's our goddamned story!" Debra

Ideas are sphincters. Every asshole has one. Your take is what counts.

all we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character--what we believe--none of it is real; it's all part of the story we tell. But here's the thing: it's our goddamned story!

I realized, as all survivors must, that being alive isn't the same thing as living.

Unless we are very young or lifelong fools, we do not look to artists --- or their biographers --- for our role models. Their work is enough.

All the clichés turned out to be true: what once had seemed important no longer mattered at all.

Should a person wear the clothes of their enemy or the clothes of their hero?

The really dramatic growth happens when a startup only has three of four people, so only three or four people see that, whereas tens of thousands see business as it's practiced by Boeing or Philip Morris.

Finn is God: If you get off your high horse, you'll notice that it, too, poops.

I see perfection in things that are likely considered imperfections by others.

That's the thing about music. You get to make it mean whatever you need it to mean.

You don't want to miss out on people. If you assume everyone is out to get you, then you're going to shut them down before they have a chance to prove you wrong.

Don't overanalyze what you see. I have a felling that you're over-thinking things. Give it some time, and the pieces of this puzzle might come together.

Here's the truth. We want to read too much into life because it's convenient. Or fun. But there's no imaginary, invisible man in the sky who makes things happen.

One negative thing seems like it overrides a thousand positives. In a sea of love, all you see is the one person drowning.