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Hindsight Quotes

It’s a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I’ve learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.’ p 5 Picture Quote #1

It was nice to call my parents and proudly tell them, My lady garden is going viral. In hindsight, that may have been a poor choice of phrasing Picture Quote #1

The psychiatric ward was a really creepy place and, hindsight being 20/20, the creepiest thing about it was that I truly belonged there Picture Quote #1

I suppose it’s true that most great television, literature, and other forms of high art (and basic cable) benefit from a little hindsight. ‘M.A.S.H.’ comes to mind. So does ‘The Iliad.’ Picture Quote #1

I was cursed with age, really. You do that stupid thing at 12 years old when you say something and it kind of sticks with you for the rest of your life. So, I believe I said I wanted to be a fishery manager. In hindsight, I think acting could be a better route Picture Quote #1

You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I’ve done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there’s a lot of work that goes into it Picture Quote #1

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I was 13 years old at music school talking to my teacher. I can’t quite remember what it was I was trying to describe, but I do remember my music teacher saying to me, ‘Do you have synesthesia?’ In hindsight, it seems a little presumptuous of her to think a little boy in Essex would know what synesthesia was Picture Quote #1

Story of My Life’ was essentially a two-man musical play. In hindsight, I don’t know if there was room for a two-man musical on Broadway Picture Quote #1

And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and answer for the policy they were pursuing. And we ducked that, and frankly that’s a failure of Parliament Picture Quote #1

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It’s great. The problem is there’s a million dots at the time Picture Quote #1

Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea gets into your head, it’s probably going to stay there Picture Quote #1

My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, it was pretty cool, but I’m probably more conservative because of it Picture Quote #1

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I’m always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they’re often not very stupid in hindsight Picture Quote #1

I’m defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It’s not only taking a big political risk but it’s also the risk that in the hindsight of history, people think it’s wise Picture Quote #1

Presidents don’t have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that’s before you at that moment Picture Quote #1

I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me Picture Quote #1

Hindsight is an exact science. Hold fast to your dreams, for it dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened Picture Quote #1

Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others’ trust in that individual’s gut Picture Quote #1

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I’ve had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn’t get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull Picture Quote #1

As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to foresee problems that, in hindsight, seem obvious Picture Quote #1

May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, The foresight to know where you are going, And the insight to knowwhen you have gone too far Picture Quote #1

What does anyone really know about the impetus to go to war? And so much is uncovered in hindsight. And there are aspects of even past wars that are only coming out now. Historians discover letters here, notes there, and look very carefully at different aspects of not only any conflict but any great historical event Picture Quote #1

At the time, when you’re being dissected and judged it’s pretty brutal, but in hindsight it’s great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger Picture Quote #1

There’s a difference between thinking you can’t be wrong and having no regrets. Wrongness is what occurs prior to empiricism, in hindsight a counterpart of revelation, and revelation is nothing to regret Picture Quote #1

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It’s a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I’ve learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.’ p 5 (Hindsight Quotes) It was nice to call my parents and proudly tell them, My lady garden is going viral. In hindsight, that may have been a poor choice of phrasing. (Hindsight Quotes) The psychiatric ward was a really creepy place and, hindsight being 20/20, the creepiest thing about it was that I truly belonged there. (Hindsight Quotes) I suppose it’s true that most great television, literature, and other forms of high art (and basic cable) benefit from a little hindsight. ‘M.A.S.H.’ comes to mind. So does ‘The Iliad.’ (Hindsight Quotes) I was cursed with age, really. You do that stupid thing at 12 years old when you say something and it kind of sticks with you for the rest of your life. So, I believe I said I wanted to be a fishery manager. In hindsight, I think acting could be a better route. (Hindsight Quotes) You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I’ve done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there’s a lot of work that goes into it. (Hindsight Quotes) I was 13 years old at music school talking to my teacher. I can’t quite remember what it was I was trying to describe, but I do remember my music teacher saying to me, ‘Do you have synesthesia?’ In hindsight, it seems a little presumptuous of her to think a little boy in Essex would know what synesthesia was. (Hindsight Quotes) Story of My Life’ was essentially a two-man musical play. In hindsight, I don’t know if there was room for a two-man musical on Broadway. (Hindsight Quotes) And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and answer for the policy they were pursuing. And we ducked that, and frankly that’s a failure of Parliament. (Hindsight Quotes) Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It’s great. The problem is there’s a million dots at the time. (Hindsight Quotes) Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea gets into your head, it’s probably going to stay there. (Hindsight Quotes) My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, it was pretty cool, but I’m probably more conservative because of it. (Hindsight Quotes) I’m always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they’re often not very stupid in hindsight. (Hindsight Quotes) I’m defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It’s not only taking a big political risk but it’s also the risk that in the hindsight of history, people think it’s wise. (Hindsight Quotes) Presidents don’t have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that’s before you at that moment. (Hindsight Quotes) I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me (Hindsight Quotes) Hindsight is an exact science. Hold fast to your dreams, for it dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. (Hindsight Quotes) Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others’ trust in that individual’s gut. (Hindsight Quotes) I’ve had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn’t get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull. (Hindsight Quotes) As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to foresee problems that, in hindsight, seem obvious. (Hindsight Quotes) May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, The foresight to know where you are going, And the insight to knowwhen you have gone too far (Hindsight Quotes) What does anyone really know about the impetus to go to war? And so much is uncovered in hindsight. And there are aspects of even past wars that are only coming out now. Historians discover letters here, notes there, and look very carefully at different aspects of not only any conflict but any great historical event. (Hindsight Quotes) At the time, when you’re being dissected and judged it’s pretty brutal, but in hindsight it’s great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger. (Hindsight Quotes) There’s a difference between thinking you can’t be wrong and having no regrets. Wrongness is what occurs prior to empiricism, in hindsight a counterpart of revelation, and revelation is nothing to regret. (Hindsight Quotes)

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