Quotes About Perspective

We are what we believe we are at given times.

Le Cardinal's conclusion suprised him. L'Arche produced a collective intelligence that was greater than the sum of its parts; interaction between the able and the disabled produced points of view that were more sophisticated than either group reported on its own.

the first place you go blind is in the eyes

I never could talk to my sister Molly, because she was loopy

Our sexual ideas are also borrowed not from the sophisticate cultures who created the Kama Sutra, but from kindred brutalists, the Romans.

This volume should clear up much of the confusion regarding events of the last millennium—artistic, geopolitical, philosophical, et al.

You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face.

Older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.

The moment you fall to your knees in front of a cross, thinking you're praying to some God, you're missing the point. The idea is to look through the symbol to the meaning behind it. Or, as Zen Buddhists put it: "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." T

Take 100 terminally ill patients. Then take 100 prayer circles around them, days and weeks of praying non-stop. Then 99 of those patients die anyway. But one survives. Do we ever hear the stories of all the failed prayer attempts? No. The only story that appears in the media is the one about the miracle survivor, the healing power of prayer, and the angels who were looking over them. But what about all the patients who just died? Were the angels too busy, or just apathetic? It

Each of us becomes a new person as we redescribe the past.

What do you mean, funny? Funny peculiar or funny ha-ha?

I'd always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad - he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can't get my head around the fact that I am older than he was - ever.

you cannot plunge in blindly…lest you miss the forest for the trees and there be no end to your labors.

În timp ce foarte mulÈ›i se temeau pentru soarta celor apropiaÈ›i, suferinÈ›a celorlalÈ›i nu mai conta aÈ™a de mult.

Our enemies are small worms,' he told his generals. 'I saw them in Munich.

There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, I'm not critical of people individually. We are who we are.

And how did you find the East?' 'It's a shit-hole. But it's our shit-hole.

Do you think it's a conspiracy?' 'Mr Durukan, if God is dead then everything is conspiracy.

Language and how close it comes to truth, and how far away it is.

Everyone has a camera on their phone and no one sees UFOs anymore.

Babies are tedious. Kids only start to become human on their fifth birthday.

What right have you to try and take away happiness, false or not, illusory or not?" "Because I believe there must be something more important than happiness. Accountability. Quality. Satire." "Not