Quotes About Insight

Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.

People are genuinely interested about what it's like to experience spaceflight and try to get some of our perspectives on it.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

New experiences give you new perspectives on life.

Travel opens eyes and perspectives.

I feel stronger and I feel like I've gained so much knowledge and new perspectives because I've met so many different people.

When I write songs, I write from a lot of perspectives.

That's what all of us, as writers, actors and comedians, set out to do - shine a light on new perspectives.

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.

It has taken a lot of persuasion for me to take part in an official documentary about 'Only Fools and Horses.' But, as time has gone on, it seems to have been imprinted in television history, and I thought it was only right that I tried to give an accurate insight into how the show was put together.

That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise.

I'm not a pessimist by nature. I'm not someone who sees things in a bleak way.

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good.

I have learnt this over time, that Peter Jones, you've gotta watch him.

I've always said men should study romance novels to find out how women think and what they want, both during the courtship phase and in a lifelong partner.

My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and crystallise a phenomenon in words.

The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.

For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher.

Snoopy was a philosopher in a way.

It's very strange: if you're a philosopher or musician or an artist, people automatically believe you can see the future. Even if they don't like you, they accept your vision as an individual.

If I had my way there would be a philosopher sitting round the table on every committee and in every boardroom.

I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking.