If I actually believed that the progress of human understanding depended on our crop of contemporary novelists, I would shoot myself.

Upon the progress of knowledge the whole progress of the human race is immediately dependent: he who retards that, hinders this also.

Lack of true progress may not be a result of not doing what one is supposed to, but lack of focused effort trying not to do too much.

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

Technology and capitalism are very much linked. I think that capitalism probably works best in a technologically progressing society.

Free and just political institutions are absolutely essential to the progress and development both of the individual and of the race.

The truth is that our democracy is a work in progress. We are all its founders. We are all learning that we are linked and not ranked.

Only by our positive thinking, by our bringing the positive qualities of others to the fore, will this world be able to make progress.

Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine.

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in rational inquiries, but many other intellectual pleasures

If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.

Instead of the scream of a fish hawk scaring the fishes, is heard the whistle of the steam-engine, arousing a country to its progress.

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.

The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress.

I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.

Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.

Practical application is found by not looking for it, and one can say that the whole progress of civilization rests on that principle.

The Church should go forward along the path of progress and be no longer satisfied only to represent the Conservative Party at prayer.

Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!

Creation was not finished at the dawn of this earth, but creation continues, and we have a lot to do to make the world a better place.

Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress.

Progress is always an exchange. We gain something, we give something else up. I'm interested in looking at some of what we are losing.

People feel happier when they feel like they're progressing. When they feel like something in their life is growing or getting better.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue.

To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working.

Ultimately, you must forget about technique. The further you progress, the fewer teachings there are. The Great Path is really NO PATH.

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

The story of America is necessarily one of progress because if it's not than it's a stale story where we have not risen above Klansmen.

Obviously, computers have made differences. They have fostered the development of spaceships- as well as a great increase in junk mail.

Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

If a country puts its entire focus on making sure that the education system improves, then that's the kind of progress that you can see.

Old Year! upon the Stage of Time You stand to bow your last adieu; A moment, and the prompter's chime Will ring the curtain down on you.

Progress is not made by pulling off a series of stunts. Each step has to be regulated. A man cannot expect to progress without thinking.

A strange lot this, to be dropped down in a world of barbarians - men who see clearly enough the barbarity of all ages except their own.

It is very rewarding to feel and see progress. I am going to put my head down and keep plugging away. I believe the best is yet to come.

As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.

Intellectually, as politically, the direction of all true progress is towards greater freedom, and along an endless succession of ideas.

So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

To follow the path that others have laid before you is a reasonable course of action; therefore all progress is made by unreasonable men.

As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.

A good piece of technology dreams of the day when it will be replaced by a newer piece of technology. This is one definition of progress.

Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

The peculiar fascination which the speeding train has for us comes from the evident progress it is making toward its definite goal ahead.

Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.

By suppressing differences and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death

I want to keep on progressing. I definitely think acting is a long process to be one of the greats like Morgan Freeman or Jack Nicholson.

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