Quotes About Perspective

I've got something besides the weather to think of. I don't know whether the sun shines or not. Pollyanna beamed joyously. No, sir; I thought you didn't. That's why I told you.

You see, when you're hunting for the glad things, you sort of forget the other kind—like the doll you wanted, you know.

Antes, quando eu estava contente com as coisas, eu era feliz. Mas agora, com o Jamie... Eu estou contente por ter tapetes, quadros, coisas boas para comer, que eu posso andar e correr, ir para a escola e tudo mais. Mas quanto mais eu estou feliz por mim mesma, mais triste eu sou por ele.

She did not realize it herself, but she had so long been accustomed to wanting what she did not have, that to state offhand what she DID want seemed impossible-until she knew what she had.

Quanto mais difícil, mais divertido é encontrar um motivo pra ficar contente.

And from what you've told me, Brian does an excellent job in that role, but a big dick ain't everything nor is licking you senseless with a thick tongue.

Cuando pensaba en el porvenir, una avalancha de días, apretujados los unos contra los otros, se le venía encima y se venía encima de su casa y de sus hijos. Para él, los días no contaban de la misma manera que contaban para los demás.

History is written by the last fellow at the typewriter.

You keep taking note of whatever confirms your ideas — better to write down what refutes and weakens them!

Tutti i pregiudizi sono determinati da altri pregiudizi, e i più frequenti sono quelli che nascono dai loro opposti.

Any life is laughable if one knows it well enough. It is something serious and terrible if one knows it even better.

When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.

The sky is so close to the sea that it is difficult to tell which is reflected in the other, which one needs the other, which one is dominating the other.

A word is worth a thousand pictures.

It is not always events that have touched us personally that affect us the most.

Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.

I learned that man lives differently, depending on whether he is in a horizontal or vertical position. The shadows on the walls, on the faces, are not the same.

True enemies aren't always the ones who hate each other.

There are a thousand and one gates leading into the orchard of mystical truth. Every human being has his own gate. We must never make the mistake of wanting to enter the orchard by any gate but our own. To do this is dangerous for the one who enters and also for those who are already there.

Today's wealthy are poor though they don't know it. They can't bring their possessions to where we're all going.

You are the sum total of all that we have been," said the youngster who looked like my former self. "In a way we are the ones to execute John Dawson. Because you can't do it without us. Now, do you see?" I was beginning to understand. An act so absolute as that of killing involves not only the killer but, as well, those who have formed him. In murdering a man I was making them murderers.

What is the difference between Jew and Christians? We all await the Messiah. You believe He has already come and gone, while we do not. I therefore propose that we await Him together. And when He appears, we can ask Him: were You here before?

One German officer lived in the house opposite ours. He had a room with the Kahn family. They said he was a charming man - calm, likable, polite, and sympathetic. Three days after he moved in he brought Madame Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists rejoiced.

I learned that man lives differently, depending on whether he is in a horizontal or vertical position.