Backward Quotes

439 quotes by 382 authors

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward. — Hans Rosling
No More Avengers! There's nothing new to get out of it - I want to go forward, not backward. — Honor Blackman
The illuminated ones can take any form -- a man, a woman, a child, an elder, or even a dog. It is not inconsequential that… — Jean Houston
I always get so overwhelmed trying to do everything perfectly. I can't do a job and not put everything I have into it. I need… — Nic Sheff
Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way… — Yvon Chouinard
Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward. — Al-Waleed bin Talal
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind.Â Perform asanas each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.Â If… — B.K.S. Iyengar
If I turned around every time somebody called me a faggot, I'd be walking backward - and I don't want to walk backward. — Harvey Milk
Dogâ€™ is â€˜Godâ€™ spelled backward; you know that. Thatâ€™s why youâ€™re here, to help the nuns do Godâ€™s work. — W. Bruce Cameron
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. — Stephen Gardiner
Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he… — Caroline Pratt
You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see… — John Huston
You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side...The Bending forward and backward of the rowers... — Walt Whitman
There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play,… — David Bronstein
Rowing is such a fine sport. Everyone goes backward, and the leader can see his opponents as they struggle in vain. — Brad Alan Lewis
No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which… — Calvin Coolidge
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot's… — Herman Melville
Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire. — Casey Stengel
Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system — Stokely Carmichael

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