62 Retrospect Quotes for You to Enjoy

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. Bob Hope

Happiness Great Past Find Give Simplest Simplest Things Retrospect Occasions Greatest Glow Off Recall Things

There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions. Stephen Hawking

Made Important Living Think Plenty Admire See Only Dead Retrospect Because Scientists Contributions Any Who

Even with all the advantages of retrospect, and a lot of witnesses dead and gone, you can't make your life look as if you intended it or you were consistent. All you can show is how you dealt with various hands. Christopher Hitchens

PTSD occurs following a trauma that was so awful that in retrospect you don't understand how you survived. What that causes is an extreme feeling of vulnerability that you get past but that doesn't go away. Mark Goulston

You Feeling Go Away Past Extreme Following Retrospect Vulnerability Understand How Occurs Causes Go Survived Get Trauma Away Awful

The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time. Naomi Alderman

Politics Time Fear Recognisable Easily Easy Retrospect Always Same Acquiesce

In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful furniture, as well as raising the pair of us in a society dominated by men. There really is nothing like war to reveal the power of patriarchy, but she always retained her independence. Alexandra Fuller

Beautiful War Mother Independence Made Men Power Nothing Society Our Furniture Astounding Recognise Come Like Retrospect She Well Reveal Always How Dominated Shop Childhood Just Patriarchy Woodwork Us Really Pair Her Kept Raising

In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel, architecture were all evolving, but at a pretty observable pace. Amor Towles

Music Change Architecture Painting Nineteenth Nineteenth Century Evolving Pretty Seems Observable Retrospect Industry Were Arts Pace Century Novel

Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, but they didn't force me to speak Mandarin. In retrospect, this was sad, because they believed that my chance of doing well in America hinged on my fluency in English. Later, as an adult, I wanted to learn Chinese. Amy Tan

Sad Me Age Speak Parents Fluency Later Adult Spoke Combination Until Retrospect Well Force Learn Because Doing Five America Wanted Chinese English Believed Chance

To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a disaster in the ratings, but then it became a cultural phenomenon. I don't know if that's possible anymore, but I don't try for that. Bill Lawrence

Me Amazing Try First Possible Ratings Seinfeld Had Mass Disaster Know Retrospect Became Cultural Anymore Then Show Appeal Phenomenon

I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything. Boz Scaggs

Saying Time Recording Late String Seventies Recording Artist Had Performer Retrospect Felt Hits Artist After Anything Successes

I tried four times to get into the Central School of Speech and Drama before I got accepted. I started when I was 17, which was too young, in retrospect, and finally went when I was 21. I just kept plugging away. Determined? Yeah, I think I was. Catherine Tate

School Before Young Think Too Drama Finally Tried Plugging Determined Retrospect Accepted Got Yeah Times Get Just Which Central Away Four Started Kept Speech

Persistence is a pretty important part of making it in this business, which, in retrospect, is the easy part. Maintaining a profile is the difficult part of the job. Somehow or another, I muddled through that system and somehow am around to still enjoy playing for people. Chris Squire

Persistence Business People Job Important Enjoy Difficult System Easy Pretty Somehow Through Part Maintaining Retrospect Another Important Part Around Making Am Still Which Muddled Profile Playing

I know that when you are experiencing failure, it's pretty damn painful. It is easy in retrospect to wax poetic about it. But in the moment, you don't think you will survive, let alone have the time to reflect on how valuable those lessons will be for you in the future. Daniel Lubetzky

Future Alone Time Failure You Valuable Will Reflect Think Damn Wax Those Easy Pretty About Poetic Know Retrospect How Survive Experiencing Painful Moment Lessons

Harlem exists in retrospect, in the memory of grandparents or elderly cousins, those 'old-timers' ever ready with their geysers of remembered scenes. The legends of 'Black Mecca' are preserved in the glossy musicals of Times Square and in texts of virtually every kind. Darryl Pinckney

Memory Black Every Preserved Virtually Those Musicals Kind Scenes Remembered Retrospect Ready Cousins Exists Texts Square Times Times Square Legends Elderly Grandparents Mecca Ever Harlem

In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music. David Baker

Music Ego Validity Threat About Rather Retrospect Than Realize

In retrospect, I can see I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching about. Ha! Like, that sure made sense! David Byrne

People Made Face Stage Sense See Face-To-Face About Like Talk Retrospect Sure Got Screaming Started Twitching

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. Edward Teller

Simple Will Endeavor Worthwhile Prospect Retrospect Right

In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy. Harald zur Hausen

Asked at the hearing why she hadn't pressed the FBI more closely about what it knew, or didn't know, about domestic terrorist threats, Rice acted as though the question was an odd one: it wasn't her job. Well, in retrospect, it was and now certainly is. Howard Fineman

Job Pressed Though Threats About More Knew Know Retrospect She Well Terrorist Odd Hearing Question Domestic Closely Rice Asked Acted Certainly Now Why Her

I'm fascinated with acting now. In retrospect, I was only beginning to chip off the tip of the iceberg with how far I can go or what I was exploring inside of me that I hadn't touched in a while as far as emotional headspaces. Hunter Schafer

My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, 'Cooking is my job, and studying is your job.' I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way. Ina Garten

Me Cooking World Mother Job Think Chaos Way Would Kitchen Never Had Allowed Studying Like Retrospect She Always Very Wanted Orderly View Cook Your Her

After my eye test, I was told I was showing symptoms of glaucoma. I realised - but only in retrospect - that pains in my eyes and the feeling of pressure that I had been experiencing must have been because of that. I'd assumed they were symptoms of migraines. Jane Fallon

Eyes Pressure Feeling Assumed Symptoms Eye Must Only Had Retrospect Because Test Were Been Experiencing After Realised Pains Showing

Retrospect Quotes

No more retrospect quotes