2,376 Quotes About Perspective

. . . but then it is perhaps in the nature of coming away on a trip such as this that one is prompted towards such surprising new perspectives on topics one imagined one had long ago thought through thoroughly.

When trying to “see the forest for the trees,” you can’t see the forest when completely lost in the thick of it or when stuck in one particular tree.

I heard this story about a fish, he swims up to an older fish and says: ‘I’m trying to find this thing they call the ocean.’ ‘The ocean?’ the older fish says, ‘that’s what you’re in right now.’ ‘This’, says the young fish, ‘this is water. What I want is the ocean!

Shuttling back and forth in the equatorial plane where the brilliant stars of Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto - worlds that elsewhere would have counted as planets in their own right, but which here were merely satellites of a giant master.

A window seat on a long flight can help you to see the broader order of life. People feel like they get a God’s eye view, like they’re very powerful. It offers that kind of perspective and scope. That’s why everyone wants the window seat. They want this view. At least for a little bit, even if they also want to read or watch stuff for the majority of the flight.

A window seat on a long flight can help you to see the broader order of life.

Viewed one way, then, for at least five years between 1904 and 1909, Ramanujan floundered- mostly out of school, without a degree, without contact with other mathematicians. And yet, was the cup half-empty or half-full?

Developing a Scientific perspective in your mind is more important than having a theoretical knowledge in the specific field of science.

The tools change, but our behaviour doesn't. People are people. While griping that young folks don't read enough and are therefore ignorant, older generations can be clueless in turn about smartphones and the internet.