“I knew I was going to be composing. It all makes sense in retrospect. But you don't know while you're in the process of improvising your life.”
William Bolcom
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection”
Anais Nin
“Probably in retrospect I should have bowed out of that relationship (with Farrow) much earlier than I did.”
Woody Allen
“In retrospect, I see nothing that we did that was inappropriate in terms of policy,”
Alan Greenspan
“These were folks who were intelligent, soft spoken and unobtrusive. Of course, in retrospect, you think back and go: what a brilliant ploy.”
Pedro Freyre
“These things are always easier to say in retrospect that you shouldn't have done it. We did it because I think he deserved it. He asked for it. Based on what he had done for the Giants, I think he deserved it at the time. He played more games than anyone else on the team ? 152 games ? he was the MVP again. Possibly by showing that respect for him and what he had done for the Giants, it might have been another motivation and inspiration for him to give the best he possibly could for the Giants.”
Peter Magowan
“These things are always easier to say in retrospect that you shouldn't have done it. We did it because I think he deserved it. He asked for it. Based on what he had done for the Giants , I think he deserved it at the time. He played more games than anyone else on the team - 152 games - he was the MVP again. Possibly by showing that respect for him and what he had done for the Giants , it might have been another motivation and inspiration for him to give the best he possibly could for the Giants .”
