Stagnation Quotes

Security breeds stagnation.

— Andy Warhol

The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation.

— Samuel Butler

“Death follows stagnation”

— T.F. Hodge

“Stagnation kills consciousness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

That path leads ever down into stagnation.

— Frank Herbert

The antidote to stagnation is innovation.

— Robin Sharma

Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

— Bruce Lee

“Stagnation is a slow death.”

— Ellen Hopkins

“Creativity needs time. We’re all dying. Fuck stagnation. High-five creation.”

— Chuck Wendig

Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

— Eugene V. Debs

Peace without energy may be only stagnation; and energy without peace may be but a form of panic.

— W. Graham Scroggie

“You cannot stay at the same level as when you first practiced your truth, life won't let you.”

— Kamal Ravikant

“There can be no life without change; stagnation is death.”

— Thornton Chase

Stagnation is death. If you don't change, you die. It's that simple. It's that scary.

— Leonard Sweet

Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time.

— Lawrence Summers

My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Spiritual stagnation is the real hell. As long as souls believe they are a human body, they will continue to imprison themselves…

— William Buhlman

No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon…

— Ludwig von Mises

Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

They emphasize the viewpoint that the protracted economic stagnation in Japan derives from incomplete economic adjustments to significant changes in relative prices.

— Toshihiko Fukui

You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation.

— Leo Buscaglia

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

— Stewart Udall

All adventuring is rash, and all innovations dangerous. But not nearly so dangerous as stagnation and dry rot. From grooves, cliques, clichés…

— Winifred Holtby

This life we live nowadays. It's not life, it's stagnation death-in-life. Look at all these bloody houses and the meaningless people inside…

— George Orwell

Scientific work will never stop, and it would be terrible if it did. If there were no more problems, you would put…

— Max Planck

“The tyger's tail thumped behind her. 'This stunted little world breaks my heart,' she said. 'So much here has stagnated and died.…

— S.F. Said

The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the…

— Alain Robbe-Grillet

“But once again, there is some disappointing news, as the income of the median or typical American household is down since 2000,…

— Tyler Cowen

Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically , the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically , it is…

— Ayn Rand

“We have created a society in which all the nation’s economic gains flow to the top and the vast majority sees income…

— David Cay Johnston

“Perhaps the only reason why you worry in life, tarry your goals and bury your joy is that you are still bearing…

— Israelmore Ayivor

The soul journey inward is when we are invited to cast aside beliefs and behaviors that no longer serve us and release…

— Sonia Choquette

There are many good reasons for young people to go off to college, open their minds, develop their skills and enjoy themselves.…

— Robert Pollin

[...] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand…

— Frederick Douglass

“And each and every one, it seems, falls to stagnation, and in that stagnation evil men rise, through greed or lust for…

— R.A. Salvatore

For me, it is clear that we are currently in a period of structural crisis of capitalism going back to the 1970s,…

— John Bellamy Foster

“The distorted concept of 'loving thyself' in our times is the root of all evil. It leads to egotistical and narcissistic behaviour,…

— R.P. Heaven

“The world is entering a period of stagnation, the new mediocre. The end of growth and fragile, volatile economic conditions are now…

— Satyajit Das

“The distorted concept of 'loving thyself' in our times is the root of all evil. It leads to egotistical and narcissistic behaviour,…

— R.P. Heaven

“This malignant persistence since September 11th is the biggest surprise of all. In previous decades, sneak attacks, stock-market crashes, and other great…

— George Packer