#retrospect

In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music. ↗

— David Baker

#ego #i #music #rather #realize

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#appears #good #good action #inevitable #mark

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#appears #good #good action #inevitable #mark

I feel like I am either on the cusp of something great, or standing on the edge of my abyss, discovering something brand new, or uncovering somebody elses lost imagination. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#life-philosophy #life_universe_everything #philisophical #philisophical-life #philosphy

The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#council #enough #failure #i #maybe

The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#change #consideration #courage #forget #just

All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#book #each #eras #fear #history

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. ↗

— Edward Teller

#prospect #retrospect #right #simple #will

The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make. ↗

— George Crumb

#gesture #glance #make #relatively #retrospective

I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#always #anxious #destructive #done #everything