Quotes about Perspective
The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.
— Elton John
One picture is worth 1,000 denials.
— Ronald Reagan
When I was a kid, I grew up not liking Tom Brady because I was a Peyton Manning fan. And now I'm the biggest Tom Brady fan. So, it's great being able to catch balls from him.
— Mike Evans
When I was a graduate student, I actually took a course in development economics and I thought it was the most boring thing in the world.
— Abhijit Banerjee
Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.
— Frank Herbert
When watching 'The Passion,' Jews and Christians are watching two entirely different films. For two hours, Christians watch their Savior tortured and killed. For the same two hours, Jews watch Jews arrange the killing and torture of the Christians' Savior.
— Dennis Prager
Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
— Madeleine Albright
If you have the gift of frustration and the deep sense that the world is a mess, thank God for that; not everyone has that gift of vision. It also means that you have a responsibility to lead us in new ways.
— Shane Claiborne
We can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death.
— Shane Claiborne
The danger is that we can begin to read the Bible through the eyes of America rather than read America through the eyes of the Bible. We just want Jesus to be a good American.
— Shane Claiborne
Not many people get argued into thinking differently, but experiences and stories move us, especially when we have the humility to listen and view the world from a different lens, from someone else's eyes.
— Shane Claiborne
If you have the gift of frustration and the deep sense that the world is a mess, thank God for that; not everyone has that gift of vision.
— Shane Claiborne