Quotes About Perspective

There's lots o' things folks don't 'preciate, replied the sailor-man. If somethin' would 'most stop your breath, you'd think breathin' easy was the finest thing in life.

I have always thought myself very big and terrible; yet such small things as flowers came near to killing me, and such small animals as mice have saved my life. How strange it all is!

People who are always understood are very common. You are sure to respect those you can't understand, for you feel that perhaps they know more than you do.

the Cowardly Lion laughed, and said: I have always thought myself very big and terrible; yet such little things as flowers came near to killing me, and such small animals as mice have saved my life. How strange it all is! But

That wall, explained the Shaggy Man, is what is called an optical illusion. It is quite real while you have your eyes open, but if you are not looking at it the barrier doesn't exist at all. It's the same way with many other evils in life; they seem to exist, and yet it's all seeming and not true.

Brains, remarked Cap'n Bill, is of all kinds and work different ways. But I've noticed that them as thinks that their brains is best is often mistook.

Their feathers make soft beds,' asserted Pessim. 'And my skin would make excellent drumheads,' retorted the Ork. 'Nevertheless, a plucked bird or a skinned Ork would be of no value to himself, so we needn't brag of our usefulness after we are dead. But for the sake of argument, friend Pessim, I'd like to know what good YOU would be, were you not alive?

He laughs best who laughs last,' and the only way to laugh last is to give the other fellow a chance. Where did that knife come from, I wonder.

The beauty of life is its sudden changes. No one knows what is going to happen next, and so we are constantly being surprised and entertained. The many ups and downs should not discourage us, for if we are down, we know that a change is coming and we will go up again; while those who are up are almost certain to go down.

That wall, explained the Shaggy Man, is what is called an optical illusion. It is quite real while you have your eyes open, but if you are not looking at it the barrier doesn't exist at all. It's the same way with many other evils in life; they

Scraps thought it was odd that they could be so easily amused, but decided there could be little harm in people who laughed so merrily.

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.

Girls, sometimes I feel as if those exams mean everything, but when I look at the big buds swelling on those chestnut trees and the misty blue air at the end of the streets they don't seem half so important.

Mrs Lynde says, Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed. But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.

Doss dear, said Cousin Georgiana mournfully, some day you will discover that blood is thicker than water. Of course it is. But who wants water to be thick? parried Valancy. We want water to be thin--sparkling--crystal-clear.

the rose of love made the blossom of friendship small and pale by contrast

Nor did that intelligence provide him with an answer to his real problem. He knew submorons, many of them working for him, whose capacity to enjoy life was infinite compared to his.

Even when we're apart, we'll be looking at the same sky!

I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world.

For a woman the objective is often a committed relationship also known as the destination. For a men the road trip on the way to the destination is often the most fun.

Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.

Winning an argument is losing it as it makes the loser feel bad.

I adore shooting photographs. It's like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography.