“All major changes are like death. You can't see to the other side until you are there.”

— Michael Crichton , book Jurassic Park

Source: Jurassic Park

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American author, screenwriter, film producer 1942–2008

Ken Kesey book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Variant: You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.
Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

“You can go other places, all right - you can live on the other side of the world, but you can't ever leave home”

Sue Monk Kidd book The Mermaid Chair

Source: The Mermaid Chair

“I've been called over the top. How silly. If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side.”

Jim Steinman (1947) American musician

As quoted in "The Bat out of Hell" by Jonathan Karp in The Washington Post (26 January 26 1997) http://www.jimsteinman.com/peterpan.htm

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.”

Mary Engelbreit (1952) American illustrator

“I have become, you might call it mature — I would call it senile — and I can see both sides. But you can't write a satirical song with 'but on the other hand' in it, or 'however'. It's got to be one-sided.”

Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician

Quotes from interviews, Sydney Morning Herald interview (2003)
Context: Things are much more complicated. Feminism versus pornography, for example. There are a lot of feminists who think it is bad, but others think it's good.
I have become, you might call it mature — I would call it senile — and I can see both sides. But you can't write a satirical song with 'but on the other hand' in it, or 'however'. It's got to be one-sided.