Gradual Quotes

215 Gradual quotes by 186 unique authors

My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it. — Juliana Hatfield
Growing old is not a gradual decline, but a series of drops, full of sorrow, from one ledge to another below it. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more… — Carl Sagan
A chronic lack of pleasure, of any enjoyable, rewarding or stimulating experiences, produces a slow, gradual, day-by-day erosion of man's emotional vitality, which he may… — Ayn Rand
Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms. — George Gaylord Simpson
We are so prone to expect to become good Christians by some sudden experience that lifts us all at once to higher ground without the… — Vance Havner
If we don't forgive ourselves for our mistakes, and others for the wounds they have inflicted upon us, we end up crippled with guilt. And… — Joan Z. Borysenko
A lot of the changes are so gradual that they don't even qualify as news, or even as interesting: they're so mundane that we just… — Robert D. Kaplan
The journey of prayer is nothing more or less than a gradual awakening to the reality of recognizing what is already there. — Delia Smith
It is never a good practice to continue to sleep after sunrise. We should not think of staying in bed once we are awake; it… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Progress can be slow and gradual. Continue putting in effort with patience, enthusiasm and faith. — Mata Amritanandamayi
An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a gradual… — Shane Black
Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual development. — Georges Cuvier
I thought my body was going to change so quickly with pregnancy that I'd freak out. But it was really gradual. — Jenna Dewan
There was no active, conscious decision-making point, just a gradual realization over time that I'm very happy minus children and marriage. — Cindy Gallop
Each season brings a world of enjoyment and interest in the watching of its unfolding, its gradual harmonious development, its culminating graces-and just as one… — Mark Twain
My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary life has been… — Carlos Castaneda
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process. — Stephen Gardiner
The plausible outcomes range from the gradual and benign to the more precipitous and damaging. — Timothy Geithner
The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated… — Elizabeth Bear
My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone… — Ray William Johnson
Fake tan is really difficult to get right. When I was younger, I'd always do it wrong. I'd leave it on and forget to wash… — Georgia May Jagger
The beauty of nature insists on taking its time. Everything is prepared. Nothing is rushed. The rhythm of emergence is a gradual, slow beat; always… — John O'Donohue
We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but the gradual growth of our own wickedness, endeared by interest,… — Samuel Johnson
I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist… — Anton Chekhov

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