Gradual Quotes

215 Gradual quotes by 186 unique authors

The external view [of agency] forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this occurs is through the gradual… — Thomas Nagel
250,000 species of plants and animals recorded and deposited in museums throughout the world did not support the gradual unfolding hoped for by Darwin. — David M. Raup
Our own theory is that sin was ordained only in view of redemption, and that accordingly redemption shows forth as the gain bound up with… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than… — James Madison
We can hardly expect the nation-state to make itself superfluous, at least not overnight. Rather what we must aim for is really nothing more than… — Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
There are no steps to self-realization. There is nothing gradual about it. It happens suddenly and is irreversible. You rotate into a new dimension, seen… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the… — James Madison
There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas. — Diane Setterfield
Mild depression is a gradual and sometimes permanent thing that undermines people the way rust weakens iron ... Like physical pain that becomes chronic, it… — Andrew Solomon
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making. — Ted Danson
I’ve never really talked about this, but I would go days without eating. Or maybe I’d have some fruit and then go to the gym… — Lucy Hale
My body is a gradual work of art — Rick Genest
Every moment of mindfulness means the gradual destruction of latent defilements. It is somewhat like cutting away a piece of wood with a small axe,… — Unknown Author
This regionalization is in keeping with the Tri-Lateral Plan which calls for a gradual convergence of East and West, ultimately leading toward the goal of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
More directly linked to the impact of technology, it involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled and directed society. Such a society would be… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
I believe that the idea of the totality, the finality of the master-plan, is misguided. One should advocate a gradual transformation of public space, a… — Daniel Libeskind
If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be "education".... Until now, the results of educational neglect have been… — Paul Krugman
The growth of my love story had been gradual but my success had always existed and both coupled together formed a deadly combination that was… — Faraaz Kazi
I wondered if I was just the sum of my brain scan, little dots clustered in my frontal lobe. Is that where the poems came… — Betsy Lerner
Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of passion? Is not… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences -… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Nothing is finer for the purposes of great productions than a very gradual ripening of the intellectual powers. — John Keats
The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating… — William Banting
It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's 'all you need… — John Lennon
The heart changes...but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination; for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is… — Marcel Proust

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