Gradual Quotes

215 Gradual quotes by 186 unique authors

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes. — Bill Rodgers
All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first… — Joseph Rotblat
The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual. — Russell Simmons
I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for… — Taylor Swift
The Jews did not go into darkness all at once. It was a gradual work, until they could not discern the gift of God in… — Ellen G. White
It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it's gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals. — Henry David Thoreau
He did not know that the new life would not be given him for nothing, that he would have to pay dearly for it, that… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
There is an anaesthetic of familiarity, a sedative of ordinariness which dulls the senses and hides the wonder of existence. For those of us not… — Richard Dawkins
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
It is said that mourning, by its gradual labour, slowly erases pain; I could not, I cannot believe this; because for me, Time eliminates the… — Roland Barthes
We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it's so gradual that we end up more alive than ever. Infinitely… — Roberto Bolano
Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and its disadvantages at… — John Mortimer
Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in… — Henri Nouwen
Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve, who kept their… — George Eliot
I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flung… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Addictions [...] started out like magical pets, pocket monsters. They did extraordinary tricks, showed you things you hadn't seen, were fun. But came, through some… — William Gibson
I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is nothing to grieve… — Charlotte Bronte
THE CORRECTION, when it finally came, was not an overnight bursting of a bubble but a much more gentle letdown, a year-long leakage of value… — Jonathan Franzen
Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender,… — Ivan Turgenev
The advance of regret can be so gradual that it is impossible to say "yesterday I was happy, today I am not. — E. M. Forster
In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music… — Brandon Mull
Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science. — Charles Darwin
The doctrine of the sacredness of the soul sounds vaguely uplifting, but in fact is highly malignant. It discounts life on earth as just a… — Steven Pinker

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