Deana Carter Quotes

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

To see some truths you must stand outside and look in.

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

You can't see all of a place until you look at it from a distance.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Certain things give you another perspective in life.

I am best viewed from a distance.

O, would some Power give us, To see ourselves as others see us!

From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can yousee how high its towers rise above the houses.

Being away from home gave me a chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye

It's hard to look at things that are too close.

I walked home, seeing all my doubt from the other side. Have you ever seen that? Like when you go on holiday. On the way back, everything is the same but it looks a little different than it did on the way. It's because you're seeing it backwards.

We see our homeland more clearly when we are away from it than when we are in it.

Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.

Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.

All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance.

Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.

Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

In our daily lives, we see ourselves often in very reductive ways. I want to explore motion, change and flux, whether we are looking in the mirror or seeing ourselves in our surroundings. The singular view of self contradicts the act of living.

Precisely because I'm a man who is attracted to women, there may be some things that I have to say as a spectator of feminine grace that women themselves may not be able to see.

I think the purpose of the writer is to help us see. The writer is someone who can perhaps have the joy of helping others see.