Quote by Source Unknown

Imagine a baseball thrown thru the air. A high speed camera takes pictures of it showing very great detail -- names, laces, etc. Someone shows you a picture -- can you tell what direction it is travelling? or even if it is moving? NO. You would have to know where it was thrown FROM to know what direction it is going. In times of high change, it's good to know a little bit about the PAST to understand the present freeze frame of the NOW and project to some degree of accuracy where we are GOING (The Future).

Imagine a baseball thrown thru the air. A high speed camera

Summary

This quote uses the analogy of a baseball being thrown to illustrate the importance of understanding the past in order to comprehend the present and anticipate the future. The high-speed camera captures intricate details of the baseball but cannot indicate its direction or motion without knowledge of its starting point. Similarly, in times of significant change, having some understanding of the past allows us to interpret the current situation and make predictions about the future with a certain degree of accuracy. It suggests that a comprehensive perspective encompassing the past, present, and future is essential for navigating periods of change successfully.

Topics

By Source Unknown

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I bought a new Japanese car, I turned on the radio ... I don

I bought a new Japanese car, I turned on the radio ... I don't understand a word they're saying.

Rodney Dangerfield

The State, that craving rookery of committees and subcommitt

The State, that craving rookery of committees and subcommittees.

V. S. Pritchett

What I find most disturbing about Valentine's Day is, look,

What I find most disturbing about Valentine's Day is, look, I get that you have to have a holiday of love, but in the height of flu season, it makes no sense.

that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love

that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything.

Cassandra Clare

The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arrange

The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.

Christopher Hitchens

You can lose people without them dying, and I have, from mov

You can lose people without them dying, and I have, from moving, from traveling. The emotion is real, it just doesn't actually have to do with death. I'm singing about what I know, and it's a song about longing for somebody who's disappeared in your life.

Life Death People Emotions Deathanddying

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon

Success & Failure

There have been some medical schools in which somewhere alon

There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring.

I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by peopl

I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me.

The object of living is work, experience, happiness. There i

The object of living is work, experience, happiness. There is joy in work. All that money can do is buy us someone else's work in exchange for our own. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Henry Ford, "Quoted in Forbes",

If the table moves, move with it.

If the table moves, move with it.

Cats may walk by themselves, but there are times when they n

Cats may walk by themselves, but there are times when they need our support.

Nicholas Dodman

Inspirational Cats