#retro

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

#although #been #eagles #ended #ending

I thought it would be my one and only exhibition, so I decided to call it My Major Retrospective. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#decided #exhibition #i #major #only

So I like that sound, but I am not interested in being retro. ↗

— Stephan Jenkins

#being #i #i am #interested #like

Too often we only identify the crucial points in our lives in retrospect. At the time we are too absorbed in the fetid detail of the moment to spot where it is leading us. But not this time. I was experiencing one of my dad’s deafening moments. If my life could be understood as a meal of many courses (and let’s be honest, much of it actually was), then I had finished the starters and I was limbering up for the main event. So far, of course, I had made a stinking mess of it. I had spilled the wine. I had dropped my cutlery on the floor and sprayed the fine white linen with sauce. I had even spat out some of my food because I didn’t like the taste of it. “But it doesn’t matter because, look, here come the waiters. They are scraping away the debris with their little horn and steel blades, pulled with studied grace from the hidden pockets of their white aprons. They are laying new tablecloths, arranging new cutlery, placing before me great domed wine glasses, newly polished to a sparkle. There are more dishes to come, more flavors to try, and this time I will not spill or spit or drop or splash. I will not push the plate away from me, the food only half eaten. I am ready for everything they are preparing to serve me. Be in no doubt; it will all be fine.” (pp.115-6) ↗

— Jay Rayner

#apron #courses #crucial-points #cutlery #deafening-moments

Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive. ↗

— Jack White

#alive #always #buy #deal #felt

In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music. ↗

— David Baker

#ego #i #music #rather #realize

Righteousness is easy in retrospect. ↗

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

#retrospect #righteousness

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#appears #good #good action #inevitable #mark

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. ↗