Quotes about Perspective

For me, just waking up "clothed in my right mind," being able to put my feet on the floor, walk to the bathroom, and do what needs to be done there is five stars. I've heard many stories of people who aren't healthy enough to do that.

Life is the pitcher and we're missing the pitcher when we're so focused on that one element. It doesn't matter if your glass is half-full or half-empty if there's a pitcher of water right next to you. And we need to look at the full picture to see the full pitcher.

You can achieve the greatest things in the world, but if it is at the cost of your marriage or family, it is worth nothing.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.