#backward

You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession. ↗

— John Huston

#corridor #door #end #feel #flow

I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years. ↗

— Brian Eno

#around #backwards #catch #great #i

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ↗

— James Thurber

#face #fall #far #flat #lean

It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#because #caused #dyslexic #hard #kid

Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between Eastern Europe and Western Europe. Which is old and which is new is an interesting question, and I almost think that maybe he's got it backwards. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#attitudes #backwards #between #broadest #broadest sense

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length. ↗

— Helen Keller

#allotted #backwards #civilization #flow #headstrong

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#backwards #cannot #election #even #except

In spite of this fact, the Western powers have never given sufficient importance to the Muslim world. They have always been inclined to treat it as a big backward and lethargic child. ↗

— Aly Khan

#backward #been #big #child #fact

A maverick feels like he has no choice however difficult his choice of expression. In my case, it was going backwards into tonality. It seemed so wrong. The idea that progress is going into the past in a new way is very strange, even though there are precedents. ↗

— David Del Tredici

#case #choice #difficult #even #expression

IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards. ↗

— Murray Walker

#f1 #fact #formula #formula one #in fact