Quotes About Perspective

The world is right because I feel good. p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990

Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.

I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!

You never can tell when a bad thing might make a good thing happen. I realized that good and bad were always there and always mixed up together in a tangle.

Whenever it gets too dark, think of the good things you have, the good times you've had. It will help. I promise.

I've found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have.

What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things.

Every morning, in your first view of the day, you have the choice to say, 'Good morning, God' or 'Good God, morning.'

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

People like to say, "You're only as old as you feel," but it isn't true. It's just something old people say to make themselves feel good about their age. You're as old as you are.

I had very good eyes once. Though it's another thing to say what I saw. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.

I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.

I think we've done a pretty good job staying in touch with the American people. But at a certain point you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground because you're not on the ground.

I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political.

No reporter worth his buttons will let the facts intrude on a good story.

I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.

It'd be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.

There are two ways to look at most problems... 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.

A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.

You know, you find that these stories ... will turn one of us into the good guy and one of us into the bad guy. If you look at it closely or even not that closely ... it's ridiculous.

It is a good thing to let someone else's vision take over, and it has always been a good thing in the end.

There is nothing wrong with what he said or she said or they did, even though it does not feel good.

We can never know that a piece of writing is bad unless we have begun by trying to read it as if it was very good and ended by discovering that we were paying the author an undeserved compliment.

Sometimes the pain outweighs the good things.