Top Retrospect Quotes
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
Bob Hope
Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.
Mike Figgis
The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.
Don Henley
Of course, we wrote the songs accordingly and performed and recorded them that way. At that time, we really thought it was right, but you know, seen in retrospect, it made the album sound forced, and not really great.
Mark McGrath
Are the things that now, in retrospect, with what I've seen happen to my company, would I have done some things differently? I think - I think we all would do - we would do a number of things differently.
Jeffrey Skilling
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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
Bob Hope 
73% of people like this quote
Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.
Mike Figgis 
57% of people like this quote
The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.
Don Henley 
56% of people like this quote
Of course, we wrote the songs accordingly and performed and recorded them that way. At that time, we really thought it was right, but you know, seen in retrospect, it made the album sound forced, and not really great.
Mark McGrath 
56% of people like this quote
Are the things that now, in retrospect, with what I've seen happen to my company, would I have done some things differently? I think - I think we all would do - we would do a number of things differently.
Jeffrey Skilling 
56% of people like this quote
The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
Robert Louis Stevenson 
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
Robert Louis Stevenson 
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No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
Edward Teller 
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
Wayne Newton 
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Popular Retrospect Authors

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Wayne Newton
Mark McGrath
Edward Teller
John Hersey
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jeff Sessions
Jeffrey Skilling
Boz Scaggs
Don Henley