Quotes by Retrospect It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that lead to great events. A chance encounter, a thoughtless remark - and the tortuous chain reaction of coincidence is set in motion, leading with devious inevitability to some resounding climax. Patricia Moyes retrospect causes interesting If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti. Paul Farmer retrospect should-have country It's always hard for an author to determine his own intentions, especially in retrospect. Paul Kingsnorth retrospect intention determine Travel is only glamorous in retrospect. Paul Theroux retrospect memorable travel People steal into one's consciousness and occupy what seems, in retrospect, to have been their place all along. Paula Fox retrospect consciousness people I really tend to write in retrospect. Randy Houser retrospect writing Some of the sweetest hours in life, in retrospect will be found to have been spent with books. Ralph Waldo Emerson retrospect hours book The road is a strange place. Shuffling along, I looked up and you were there walking across the grass toward my truck on an August day. In retrospect, it seems inevitable - it could not have been any other way-- a case of what I call the high probability of the improbable Robert James Waller strange-places retrospect august It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. Robert Louis Stevenson retrospect action life Everything that happens to us can be looked at as a gift. Although it's quite difficult when you're in the middle of a hard struggle with something, it's hard to see it as a gift, but in retrospect, we can almost always look back and say, "Oh, I see why I had to go through that." Shakti Gawain retrospect struggle looks That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect. Steve Carlton retrospect agree past 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 retrospect important thinking ...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances. Stephen King retrospect stupidity two Each person’s life is dominated by a central event, which shapes and distorts everything that comes after it and, in retrospect, everything that came before. Suketu Mehta retrospect events shapes I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was in the tightly interwoven fabric that was our life. I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared to now, when I am so rich and famous and so hated by the authorities in the capitol. Suzanne Collins fabric retrospect wish I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect. Tana French noticing retrospect Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm not surprised that Barbara managed to get collect calls through. Ted Olson barbara retrospect mind Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen. Wayne Newton retrospect victim happens I knew I was going to be composing. It all makes sense in retrospect. But you don't know while you're in the process of improvising your life. William Bolcom composing retrospect process In retrospect, I think maybe Audrey Hepburn was going to talk to me about doing something for UNICEF. I was so overwhelmed to just even be in her presence and I was very young, but it was really special and unforgettable. Winona Ryder retrospect special thinking «1234