“Bolshevism in its proper perspective, namely, as the most recent development in the age-long struggle waged by the Jewish Nation against...Christ.” LongAgeNationsChristStrugglePerspectiveDevelopmentJewBolshevism Author:Denis Fahey
“I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore.” PeopleThinkingLongPoliticalCultureCoursesImpossiblePerspectiveLong TimeFascinatedSecularIgnored Author:Tom Perrotta
“There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.” GivingLongSeemsExistenceEventsPerspectivePeriodsFoundationRoundsCaughtDullCaught UpGlimpsePettyNo PointGreat Events Author:Queen Elizabeth II
“Perspective is the enemy of long-lost love.” LongLostWomenEnemyPerspectiveLost Love Author:Amy Dickinson
“We have looked first at man with his vanities and greed and his problems of a day or a year; and then only, and from this biased point of view, we have looked outward at the earth he has inhabited so briefly and at the universe in which our earth is so minute a part. Yet these are the great realities, and against them we see our human problems in a different perspective. Perhaps if we reversed the telescope and looked at man down these long vistas, we should find less time and inclination to plan for our own destruction.” IfsMenShouldYearsFirstsHumansLongDifferentProblemRealityEarthUniverseViewsPlansMinutesPerspectiveDestructionGreedPoint Of ViewVanityInclinationTelescopesBiasedDifferent PerspectiveVistasHuman Problems Author:Rachel Carson
“Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50 books. I write about what's going on in my personal and spiritual life or what's going on at work. It helps me keep things in perspective, especially when things get crazy or I get stressed or we have obstacles.” WritingLongBookHelpingSpiritualMorningCrazyPerspectiveLong TimeFilledObstaclesHelp MeWorking ItSpiritual LifeEvery MorningJournalStressed Author:Blake Mycoskie
“Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of it's flattering but, you know, one of the things that I try to remind people of is, is that I was in politics as a state senator operating in obscurity for many years. Before that I was a community organizer working in low income communities in Chicago and nobody knew my name then. And so, having involved myself in public service for a pretty long time without getting too much attention, hopefully I can keep some of the attention that I'm getting now in perspective.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsLooksLongI CanSometimesStatesCultureNamesCommunityAttentionToo MuchPerspectiveInvolvedLong TimeLowsWaveCaughtIncomeHopefullyChicagoSenatorsObscurityPublic ServiceFlatteringBuzzOrganizerLow IncomeCelebrity Culture Author:Barack Obama
“I began to see new buildings, too, which were connected by futuristic walkways lit from beneath. Long, cool perspectives of modern architecture, rising phosphorescent and eerie from the rubble.” LongModernBuildingPerspectiveConnectedArchitectureRisingLitFuturisticEerieRubbleModern ArchitectureWalkways Book:The Secret History Source: The Secret History
“I think if you have a comic perspective, almost anything that happens you tend to put through a comic filter. It's a way of coping in the short term, but has no long term effect and requires constant, endless renewal. Hence people talk of comics who are "always on." It's like constantly drugging your sensibility so you can get by with less pain.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayLongHumorHappensPainTermEffectsPerspectiveConstantEndlessComicLong TermSensibilityRenewalShort TermCopingFilters Author:Woody Allen
“Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.” IfsLongSoulHandsMeditationPerspectiveGlassesRemove Book:Resolves: divine, moral and political Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
“During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective.” LongChristianPoliticalFatherCareersPerspectiveCommunicateActiveEvangelical Author:Preston Manning
“For years I study. I look long at olive trees, all gray and silver, and watch the sunlight. Ah, yes, I am ver' lazy, but I see after I look long that it is perspective that give it this quality. Perspective, and absolute faith to the subject.” GivingYearsLooksLongQualityWatchesStudyTreeSubjectsPerspectiveAbsolutesLazySilverGraySunlightOlivesOlive Trees Author:Ugo Mochi
“I'm grateful when stories come in a rush, although I keep an eye on them afterwards, to see whether they hold together. It's harder to judge the ones that took so long to finish. With those, I've lost perspective. Mostly I'm just glad that I can be done with them.” LongI CanDoneStoriesEyeTogetherLostJudgingPerspectiveHarderGratefulGlad Author:Kelly Link
“The list of American grievances is long: Pakistan developed nuclear weapons while promising the United States that it would not; the United States helped arm and train Mujahideen against the Soviets during the 1980s, but Pakistan chose to keep these militants well armed and sufficiently funded even after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989; and, from the American perspective, Pakistan's crackdown on terrorist groups, particularly after 9/11, has been halfhearted at best.” WellsLongHas BeensStatesUnitedUnited StatesGroupsPerspectiveArmsWeaponsTrainListsNuclearTerroristSovietNuclear WeaponsPakistanGrievanceWithdrawalTerrorist GroupsMujahideen Author:Husain Haqqani
“The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a day-to-day basis.” LongImportantReasonRunningFacesIssuesPerspectiveResearchBasesLong RunsDay To Day Author:Ben Bernanke
“Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat priest to prayer. You mourn for the empty pageant of a name, when slavery flaps her wing, ... Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave? - Hell stalks abroad; - the lash resounds on the slave's naked sides; and the sick wretch, who can no longer earn the sour bread of unremitting labour, steals to a ditch to bid the world a long good night.” MenWorldLongNightNamesSidesPrayerHellAtheismPerspectiveEmptySickSlaveryWingsSlavePositive AtheismGravesStealingBreadNakedFatsFancyLabourPriestsBellsIdlePreyTerrificGothicMournPillarsStalkingSourGood NightLashesTapestryPageant Author:Mary Wollstonecraft
“The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.” LongValuesTermDecisionSacrificePerspectiveGainsPursuitGenuineLong TermRoutineArtificialShort TermDominance Author:Al Gore
“It's very difficult to evaluate a leader in a very short-term perspective because to be a leader you must be able to have a long-term perspective. You must be able to carry changes which take many years. And this is why you can really only see whether it has been a good leadership after some years have passed.” YearsLongHas BeensAbleDifficultTermLeadershipLeaderPerspectiveLong TermShort TermEvaluateGood LeaderGood Leadership Author:Gro Harlem Brundtland
“I was born into a working class Irish Catholic family at the brutal bottom of the Great Depression. I suppose this early imprinting and conditioning made me a life-long radical. My education was mostly scientific, majoring in electrical engineering and applied math. Those imprints made me a life-long rationalist. I have become increasingly skeptical about, or detached from, the assumption that radicalism and rationalism are the only correct perspectives with which to view life, but they remain my favorite perspectives.” LongMadeBornViewsClassPerspectiveCatholicBottomMy FavoriteMathRadicalAssumptionEngineeringBrutalWorking ClassLong LifeSkepticalConditioningDetachedElectricalGreat DepressionRationalismRadicalismCatholic FamilyImprintingElectrical Engineering Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“Life will only make sense; and can only produce long-term happiness, peace and joy when embraced from the perspective of the soul.” LongSoulJoyTermProducePerspectiveMake SenseLong TermPeace And Joy Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.” YearsLongWantedHoursCareersRegretPerspectiveSixProjectsMajorsLong TimeTrainingEightChampionshipCompetingGet OverAthleticsNew ProjectsDoldrums Author:Daley Thompson
“For a long time, we assume we know who we are, until the moment we fully realize who that is; in that moment, identity is no longer predictable, but rather takes the form of a truth that, like any other, can become a sentence with no more than a change of perspective.” KnowsLongMomentsFormRealizingIdentityPerspectiveLong TimeAssumingSentencesWho We AreThat MomentPredictable Author:Sergio Chejfec
“In all the thrashing about that results from our dwindling gold reserves, it's about time that this country and other countries get some perspective on the situation. The day this country is out of the stuff, that day gold becomes what it's worth as a metal and no longer will have much significance as a monetary measurement. It isn't the gold we have that makes this nation rich. It's what we make, our knowhow, our productivity. So long as this country produces more and better, the world will continue to want what we make.” WorldWantLongCountryNationsStuffWealthResultsSituationRichProducePerspectiveGoldProductivitySignificanceMetalsOther CountriesReservesMeasurementMonetary Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Pride is a deeply rooted ailment of the soul. The penalty is misery; the remedy lies in the sincere, life-long cultivation of humility, which means true self-evaluation and a proper perspective toward past, present and future.” MeanLongSoulSelfPastLyingHumilityPerspectivePrideMiserySincereRootedRemedyPenaltiesTrue SelfLong LifeCultivationEvaluationPast PresentPast Present And FutureAilmentsSelf Evaluation Author:Robert Gordis
“Every living thing, animal or human, or tree experiences that which is called death, with no exception. You've all accepted that one a long time ago. Spirit, which is who we really are, or Source, is eternal. So what death must be is a changing of the perspective of that Eternal Spirit. If I am standing in my physical body and am consciously connected to that Eternal Spirit, then I'm Eternal in nature and I need not ever again fear any endedness, because, from that perspective I understand that there is not any of that.” IfsNeedsHumansLongBodySpiritChangeAnimalTreeSourcePerspectiveEternalLong TimeStandingConnectedAcceptedExceptionLiving ThingsLong Time AgoPhysical Body Author:Esther Hicks
“Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources for long-term economic health, and safeguarding the interests of Tibetan workers, nomads, and farmers.” LongDifferentCareTermInterestResponsibilityEnvironmentEconomicPerspectiveIndustryAuthorityResourcesWorkersDevelopingLong TermFarmersTibetanDifferent PerspectiveNomadConservingSafeguardingAuthority And Responsibility Author:Dalai Lama
“Having the privilege of sitting down and having 3 hour long uninterrupted conversations with hundreds of brilliant people is an awesome perspective enhancer.” PeopleLongHoursPerspectiveConversationSittingDown AndPrivilegeBrilliantSitting Down Author:Joe Rogan
“There were times in my life when I said, "Oh God, I'm making a terrible, terrible mistake here." And on another level it looked as if that's exactly what I had done. All of us can look back across our lives and see what we thought was a disaster was actually a blessing - from a long-term perspective, it was a blessing. With practice, we can shorten the length of time between "what a dumb mistake I've made" and "what a brilliant choice that was.” IfsLooksLongMadeSaidDoneChoicesTermLevelsMistakePracticeOur LivesPerspectiveTerribleBlessingBrilliantDisasterDumbLong TermLength Author:Richard Bach
“The Christian church has a long history of gradually absorbing scientific perspectives and new discoveries. It seems to me that, in fact, that has been one of the strengths of Christianity - it has ultimately had great flexibility in absorbing new information about the world that we get from science.” WorldLongHas BeensFactsSeemsChristianChurchChristianityInformationPerspectiveDiscoveryFlexibilityAbsorbingChristian ChurchNew DiscoveriesNew Information Author:George Coyne
“It would be wrong of me to suppose that just because I can form private mental images, that everyone can. As Francis Galton and William James long ago showed, a small proportion of adults-and some of these extremely intelligent-are unable to form such visual images. Berkeley's point is that it would be equally arrogant for these non-thinkers or non-image formers to claim that everyone is like them in the relevant respect. The temptation to pontificate in that way reveals a narrowness and unwillingness to see the world from another perspective.” WorldWayMindLongI CanWould BeFormPerspectiveAdultsClaimsIntelligentTemptationVisualsProportionThinkerRelevantArrogantLong AgoBecause I CanBerkeleyVisual Images Author:David Berman
“For me, having kids put so much into perspective. I wasn't so worried about my career and what I did or didn't achieve. Because, suddenly, I was like, "As long as this baby is healthy and safe, everything else is fine."” LongKidsCareersAchievePerspectiveBabyFineHealthySafeWorriedHaving Kids Author:Milla Jovovich
“We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all these amazing things in terms of our knowledge base and technology, and now we're flying around and using the internet. But we're still very animalistic. So, I think about hierarchies. I think about evolution. I think about how we stack up, how we sit on top of each other. How we pray that we know what we're up to.” ThinkingKnowsLongStillsDoneTermTechnologyPerspectiveEvolutionPrayingInternetFlyingBeastLong AgoHierarchyAmazing ThingsHomo SapiensAnimalistic Author:Wangechi Mutu
“For more than 3,000 years, China and India accounted for half of the world's economic output. But then the Industrial Revolution gave North America and Europe 150 golden years. If you take the long-term perspective, our economic dominance has been more of an exception than the rule.” IfsWorldYearsLongHas BeensAmericaTermHalfEconomicRevolutionPerspectiveEuropeIndiaChinaGoldenLong TermExceptionDominanceNorth AmericaOutputIndustrial RevolutionChina And IndiaGolden Years Author:Paul Achleitner
“Failure is important because the first time you win (or lose), it could be luck, it could be timing, or it could be talent. It's only after you fail once or twice and learn to rely equally on thought, analysis, and anticipation-in addition to speed, talent, and execution-that you can really call yourself an entrepreneur ... In the long run, it's mind over muscle, strategy over strength, and a healthy perspective-not just a lot of perspiration-that make someone a real success in his or her business and in the equally important rest of his or her life.” MindFirstsLongImportantRealRunningWinningLosesFailingTalentPerspectiveHealthyFirst TimeLuckStrategyEntrepreneurSpeedAnalysisRelyMusclesAnticipationExecutionLong RunsTimingWin Or LoseReal SuccessPerspiration Author:Howard A. Tullman
“We have heard projects with some of the writers, who we've been in business with for a long time at the studio, that we've heard as a studio - often, pitches that are still in their formation stage where we or the writers have wanted our input on developing them. We've probably heard more pitches with the network hat on. Certainly all of the outside pitches are that way, and many of the pitches that have been in great shape coming out of the studio we've heard from a network perspective.” WayLongHas BeensStillsWantedHeardStagePerspectiveShapesProjectsLong TimeStudiosDevelopingHatsComing OutFormationInput Author:Gary Numan
“I have defended Syria for a long time, so I was admiring Syria, I have admired your president very much. I hope at some point to be able to meet him and shake his hand. I think he is the greatest man in a very difficult period, and especially with what's going on right now, in terms of Lebanon and its relations with Syria. But absolutely, even from my perspective, and it shows you how the Zionist media around the world controls and affects all of us. Even those of us who are aware of it - it's subtly affecting.” ThinkingMenWorldLongShowsHandsAbleDifficultPresidentTermMediaPerspectivePeriodsRight NowLong TimeRelationAround The WorldShakesSyriaZionistAdmiringLebanonGreatest Man Author:David Duke
“Pressure to produce over the short term - a gun to the head of everyone - encourages excessive risk taking which manifests itself in several ways - fully invested posture at all times, the use of leverage, and a market centric orientation that makes it difficult to stand apart from the crowd and take a long term perspective.” WayLongUseDifficultTermRiskProducePerspectiveGunPressureCrowdsAll TimeLong TermShort TermOrientationPostureRisk-taking Author:Seth Klarman
“Frequent comparative ranking can only reinforce a short-term investment perspective. It is understandably difficult to maintain a long-term view when, faced with the penalties for poor short-term performance, the long-term view may well be from the unemployment line ... Relative-performance-oriented investors really act as speculators. Rather than making sensible judgments about the attractiveness of specific stocks and bonds, they try to guess what others are going to do and then do it first.” TryingFirstsWellsMayLongDifficultTermLinesPoorViewsPerspectiveJudgmentPerformancesInvestmentLong TermInvestorsRelativeSensiblePenaltiesUnemploymentShort TermAttractivenessRankingSpeculators Author:Seth Klarman
“I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.” ThinkingLongImportantHelpingRunningPerspectiveNormalLong RunsNormal Life Author:Winona Ryder
“Men will not change as long as women 'marry up.' Men won't change until we have a perspective on how powerless power makes us. A woman cannot help a man change until she has a perspective on how powerless power makes men.” MenLongHelpingPerspectivePowerless Author:Warren Farrell
“For a really long time [before writing the novel], I was watching a lot of serial killer movies and I started to wonder if this was a trend and if other people were doing the same thing. That's what happens when you suddenly have a critical perspective on your own behavior.” PeopleIfsWritingLongHappensWonderNovelPerspectiveBehaviorLong TimeCriticalTrendsKillersSerialsSerial KillerReally Long Author:Lucy Corin
“Though the blame cannot be placed entirely on publishers, I do think a more diverse pool of editors would go a long way toward broadening the perspective. Our role is to work together to create books that act as wide-open doors - books that allow all children to walk through and feel safe enough to stay.” ThinkingWayFeelsChildrenLongBookEnoughTogetherWalksRolesDoorsPerspectiveSafeBlameWideWorking TogetherEditorsPoolDiversePublishersLong Way Author:Jerry Pinkney
“You can think about life as a battle between you and a doughnut shop. The doughnut shop wants you to eat another doughnut and pay the money, and you want to do it in the short term, but in the long term it's not good for you either financially or from a health perspective.” ThinkingWantLongTermPayPerspectiveBattleLong TermShopsShort TermDoughnut Author:Dan Ariely
“Our biggest art forms are film and television, and there hasn't been a great film about 9/11 yet, nor has there been a great television series. Something like The Wire gives us a rich and fully achieved picture of the wasteful, cruel War on Drugs; something like The White Ribbon gives a perspective on World War I that could only have been presented long after the event itself.” WorldGivingLongHas BeensArtWarFilmFormWhiteRichEventsTelevisionPerspectiveDrugSeriesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IWireWar On DrugsRibbonsGreat FilmFilm And Television Author:Teju Cole
“I've been in real estate for a long time and I always try to stay on the edge. I'm really excited about the partnership with Trulia because it's centered around technology and the various social engagements it lends itself to. This is real estate going forward with a mobile and social application. It fits my profile and perspective.” TryingLongRealSocialTechnologyPerspectiveFitLong TimeEdgesVariousExcitedApplicationEngagementPartnershipEstatesMobileProfile Author:MC Hammer
“The most challenging obstacle I've had to overcome was my endometriosis diagnosis. Besides the physical pain that I had to endure, I had to completely change my perspective on food. It was a huge challenge to have to change the way I'd eaten for so long.” WayLongPainChallengesHugePerspectiveOvercomingEndureObstaclesDiagnosisPhysical Pain Author:Tia Mowry
“I firmly believe that the reputation of any country which is capable of defending the life and dignity of its citizens, and can conduct independent foreign policy will only improve in mid- and long-term perspective.” BelieveLongCountryTermPolicyPerspectiveCitizensCapableDignityIndependentReputationLong TermForeign Policy Author:Vladimir Putin
“What is clear is that Malcolm X incorporated within the framework of black nationalism a pan-Africanist and internationalist perspective. In doing so, he began to reassess radically earlier positions sexism and patriarchy. He began to break with notions of sexism that he had long held as a member of the Nation of Islam, and began to advance and push forward women leadership in the OAAU.” LongNationsBlackBreakClearPositionPerspectiveMembersIslamNotionNationalismSexismPatriarchyFrameworkWomen LeadershipNation Of IslamBlack Nationalism Author:Manning Marable
“At the end of the day, it's all about how you were raised and your perspective. It's all about if you want to win. If you don't want to win anymore, then you can't win. If you're not in the game, you can't win the game. If you give up, let it be your perspective. I've been taught long ago that I'll never be nothing.” IfsWantGivingLongEndsGamesWinningTaughtPerspectiveGiving UpRaisedThe End Of The DayLong AgoCan't Win Author:Sean Garrett
“For a very long time, people have been saying to me, "What if you want to do this approach with every kid?" For a behaviorally challenging kid, you're parenting this way just to help bring the kid's behavior under control and to greatly reduce conflict. But you want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleLongHelpingKidsChallengesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateWhat IfDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene