Backward Quotes

439 quotes by 372 authors

Putting gloves on the fighters was a symbolic change that suggested that we were now making it a civilized sport, and it was no longer… — Jonathan Gottschall
I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never… — Harold Ford, Jr.
Not since the days of George W. Bush's 'Clear Skies' and 'Healthy Forests' initiatives has America been presented with a project as cravenly corporate and… — Jeff Goodell
My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were never produced out… — Marcus Aurelius
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us… — Nancy Friday
When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists. — Stephen Fry
During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so… — Adam Garcia
Revolutions go not backward. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit; the loss of the empire of… — James Hillman
Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it… — Ellsworth Huntington
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division. — Jesse Jackson
Here's an idea: How about just 'Americans?' That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me. Placing undue emphasis on our 'separateness' is… — Bobby Jindal
When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and… — Alicia Keys
China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go… — Dalai Lama
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. — Ann Landers
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom… — Vladimir Lenin
There's one secret to hitting hard, and that is to completely dedicate your body. That's the difference between a man going forward and a man… — Ray Lewis
I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause. — Abraham Lincoln
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is. — Loretta Lynn
Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the… — Yo-Yo Ma

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