Quotes about Perspective
Things aren't what they used to be and probably never were.
— Will Rogers
The more learned a man is the less consideration he has for another man's belief.
— Will Rogers
If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around
— Will Rogers
You give us long enough to argue over something and we will bring you in proofs to show that the Ten Commandments should never be ratified.
— Will Rogers
A liberal is a man who wants to use his own ideas on things in preference to generations who, he knows, know more than he does.
— Will Rogers
We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.
— William Faulkner
I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.
— William Golding
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater.
— William Hazlitt
If I have not read a book before, it is, to all intents and purposes, new to me, whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
— William Hazlitt
No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
— William Hazlitt
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
— William Hazlitt
ìCommon sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
— William James