Quotes by Perspective Good to know we're all twelve years old mentally. Keeps things in perspective. Alex Gaskarth twelve perspective years Music should be universal. My life perspective, my lifestyle - I'm not going to impose that on the people that listen to my music. That's kind of a perverse form of snobbery I like to reject. Alex Kapranos perspective kind people When you have passion it changes your perspective on things, you want every tiny detail to be right. You want funny moments to be funny, sad moments to be sad. You wanna give your all. Alex Pettyfer perspective passion giving Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy the conversations that women have. Alexander McCall Smith female perspective book Strip away all the assumptions about what competition is supposed to do, all the claims in its behalf that we accept and repeat reflexively. What you have left is the essence of the concept: mutually exclusive goal attainment (MEGA). One person succeeds only if another does not. From this uncluttered perspective, it seems clear right away that something is drastically wrong with such an arrangement. How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose--and fearing that they will make us lose? Alfie Kohn perspective essence goal Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children Alfie Kohn strings-attached perspective children The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism. Alfred Richard Orage observation inability perspective Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective. Alice Hoffman perspective good-luck knows It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective. Alicia Sacramone perspective ease sports Ethically and politically it is important to face up to the need for a universal perspective in our divided, multi-cultural, unequal and unjust world. Alison Assiter perspective important needs However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on common human needs has the most chance of being accepted and this does not depend on any particular metaphysical outlook. Alison Assiter common-humanity perspective thinking Whatever the universal perspective one adopts, it is important to recognise that some form of universalism is politically and ethically necessary. Alison Assiter perspective form important From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms of violence and injustice as well as forms of violence and injustice from other groups - some superpowers, for example, or the English Defence League, as other examples. Alison Assiter perspective political league To reenchant nature is not merely to gain a new perspective for its integrity and well-being; it is to throw open the doors to a deeper level of existence. Alister E. McGrath perspective doors integrity I like to remember what I have to be thankful for. When it gets bad, I usually list them out loud to my wife and myself. Helps me maintain a balanced perspective. Allen Evangelista being-thankful perspective wife When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them. Allen Klein perspective humor important The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing. Alphonso Jackson agency perspective moving Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it. Alvin Toffler breathing perspective change When I first got to the White House, I was super anxious all the time about not knowing the answer to every question. And Obama was actually the person who let me be me. He was like, "Alyssa's not the person who wears the Ann Taylor suit. She's not the kind of person who always says the exact right thing." And I'm a bit of a wild animal. I brought a different perspective and I was a little bit more irreverent and casual. Alyssa Mastromonaco perspective house animal Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective. Amanda de Cadenet perspective people thinking «1234567891011»