(36 quotes found)
“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
“Maybe a deal was possible earlier. And maybe, in retrospect, looking back, you could say this was a moment you could have jumped on. If so, shame on us. I tend to think not.”
Arthur Sulzberger Jr
“The first retrospective was held in Berlin in the mid-1990s. His centennial was 2002: There were a bunch of them around the world.”
Catherine Wyler
“Mr. Magee, in retrospect, would've been far better off in a penitentiary. He would've either been in a minimum-security institution by now or he would be living in the community.”
Daniel Brodsky
“I think the spike in permits, in retrospect, should have been somewhat predictable. But the strength of the housing market throughout the year was surprising.”
Carl Brown
“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
“ and then adds with a laugh, ''but in retrospect I think he may have been more sophisticated than we were.”
Dave Van Ronk
“In retrospect we should have gone to the public much sooner than we did.”
Wilson Nolan
