Quotes about Reconsideration
It all becomes so complicated, people grumble—when what they really mean is, "I am so used to reading this passage one way that I find it hard to switch and consider other options.
- NT Wright
You might change your mind about what you hate to leave, he said.
- Cormac McCarthy
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
- Euripides
You have the RIGHT to change your mind.
- Oprah Winfrey
Two kinds of readiness are constantly needed: (i) to do only what the logos of authority and law directs, with the good of human beings in mind; (ii) to reconsider your position, when someone can set you straight or convert you to his. But your conversion should always rest on a conviction that it's right, or benefits others—nothing else. Not because it's more appealing or more popular.
- Marcus Aurelius
After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; ... I should be sorry to have that voice fall silent and pass out of my life.
- Mark Twain
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
- Mark Twain
If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.
- John F. Kennedy