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Perspective Quotes

The view changes depending on where you stand.

This perspective quotes collection opens with the idea that being 'locked up' is relative — some free people are more trapped than those behind bars. See Life quotes for related reflections.

Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars.

Quotes by Wesley Snipes

And then in 1956 or 1957 my family went over to Europe and I moved over with them, and immediately people in Europe thought my perspective on that issue was 100% correct.

Quotes by Warren Farrell

There are many, many nouns for the act of looking - a glance, a glimpse, a peep - but there's no noun for the act of listening. In general, we don't think primarily about sound. So I have a different...

Quotes by Walter Murch

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on the world, a member of a class of one.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

I think this is one of the benefits of getting older: that one has that perspective on things farther away. One is so caught up in middle years in the idea of accomplishing something when, in fact, the full accomplishment...

Quotes by W. S. Merwin

Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.

Quotes by Viktor Orban

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

Quotes by Vera Farmiga

Speaking in Hindi has helped me a lot as I can tell my stories with the exact idiom in which they come to me. I think it also helps the audience when I am speaking in a language that is...

Quotes by Varun Grover

Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts humankind focus on conquering our true enemies, the formidable foes: ignorance and limitation.

Quotes by Vanna Bonta

My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.

Quotes by Ursula Burns

I think of the Tycho sound as something separate from the band. I think the methodology and approach to production I use on the Tycho records can be applied to a lot of things. But from a performance and songwriting...

Quotes by Tycho

I'm all for awkward, frank, sometimes painful conversations about things that give everyone a better perspective on who they are in the here and now, and how they want to proceed from there.

Quotes by Tunde Adebimpe

I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides.

Quotes by Trudi Canavan

Viewed from a holistic ecological perspective, some meat - such as conscientiously hunted animals - involves less suffering and environmental damage than arable agriculture, while both of these are significantly less harmful than indiscriminately purchasing meat on the market.

Quotes by Tristram Stuart

We all get so caught up in the moment of what we're doing every day, it's hard to hit that reset button and get pulled away from all that and see life from a different perspective.

Quotes by Tony Stewart

I would be able to provide a different perspective and act independently of the Government in the decisions that have to be made by the President.

Quotes by Tony Tan

I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players. So I definitely take time to realize where I'm at in my life. And I know that I'm blessed.

Quotes by Tony Finau

My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things...

Quotes by Tony Blair

When we talk about more access to birth control, a lot of times that means more funding for Planned Parenthood, and we know that's a touchy subject, so I certainly see that perspective and agree with a lot of conservatives...

Quotes by Tomi Lahren

Truth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there's a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed.

Quotes by Tom Shadyac

Frequently Asked Questions

What different perspectives do these quotes offer?
This mix covers a view that being "locked up" is a matter of perspective, since someone free can be more mentally and emotionally imprisoned than someone behind bars; a story about moving to Europe as a child and having one's perspective validated there; a reflection on how we have many words for looking but none for listening; and a view that getting older brings a valuable perspective on things that once felt urgent.
Is there a quote about being "locked up" being a matter of perspective?
Yes: "Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars."
Is there a quote about moving to Europe as a child and having a perspective validated there?
Yes: "And then in 1956 or 1957 my family went over to Europe and I moved over with them, and immediately people in Europe thought my perspective on that issue was 100% correct."
Is there a quote about having many words for looking but none for listening?
One quote points out that there are many nouns for the act of looking - such as a glance, a glimpse, or a peep - but no equivalent noun for the act of listening.
Where can I find more quotes like these?
If you like these, check out our Look and Life quotes pages.

Other entries touch on how moving between countries can validate a viewpoint instantly, and how getting older brings useful distance from the urge to constantly achieve. Continue with Look quotes or Good quotes.