"Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile."
Read quote
3 likes
Backwards quotes
Backwards
80 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Backwards
Browse quotes that often appear alongside backwards — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Backwards quotes (page 2 of 4)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Smacked her so hard I knocked her clothes backwards like Kris Kross."
Read quote
3 likes
"I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva."
Read quote
3 likes
"Most horses don't walk backwards voluntarily, because what they can't see doesn't exist."
Read quote
3 likes
"When you read, I'm sure you don't realize that your eyes are going backwards and forwards and to this place and that place. Mine don't do that."
Read quote
3 likes
"If you think success will make you happy, you have it backwards."
Read quote
3 likes
"You go ahead, stand still, or go backwards in life. Your objective should be to go ahead."
Read quote
3 likes
"I never think of what it's going to be like later. I only think in the present tense. The only time I think backwards is when I have to reissue something."
Read quote
3 likes
"As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and ... Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards."
Read quote
3 likes