#backward

And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#backwards #beat #books #built #emotionally

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#backward #confined #forward #generally #innovation

It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas. ↗

— David Byrne

#almost #art #backwards #emotional #ideas

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#beginning #book #forward #i #imagination

It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#always #backwards #forward #go #life

If I see an ending, I can work backward. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#ending #i #i can #i see #see

We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#advancing #african #backwards #been #being

We know that, when it comes to technology and the economy, if you're not constantly moving forward, then - without a doubt - you're moving backwards. ↗

— Bill Owens

#comes #constantly #doubt #economy #forward

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#ancestors #backwards #forwards #had #i

Obama sees everything backward. Where Americans see individual achievement, he sees government's work. Where we see failing companies, he sees innovation worth subsidizing. Where we see the need for economic growth, he sees a need for higher taxes. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#backward #companies #economic #economic growth #everything