Progress Quotes

3066 quotes by 1980 authors

Different themes inevitably require different methods of expression. This does not imply either evolution or progress; it is a matter of following the idea one… — Pablo Picasso
Occasionally we sigh for an earlier day when we could just look at the stars without worrying whether they were theirs or ours. — Bill Vaughan
No great, inspiring culture of the future can be built upon the moral principle of relativism. For at its bottom such a culture holds that… — Michael Novak
It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or… — Charles de Gaulle
I have this feeling of wending my way or plundering through a mysterious jungle of possibilities when I am writing. This jungle has not been… — William Stafford
Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle. — William J. Clinton
Westward the star of empire takes its way. — John Quincy Adams
I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has… — Gerald Stanley Lee
All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent public… — Bertrand Russell
The free intellect is the chief engine of human progress. — Bertrand Russell
Before economics can progress, it must abandon its suicidal formalism. — Robert Heilbroner
The essence of analysis is surprise. When people are themselves surprised by what they say, that's when they are really making some progress. — Sigmund Freud
Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little. It is not like going out in a shower in… — Shunryu Suzuki
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
All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority. — Margaret Benson
When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which… — Vincent Van Gogh
I myself believe that there is in every painter's life a period of making absurdities. In my case I think that period is already long… — Vincent Van Gogh
Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. Obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably desirable alterations, but… — Tom Robbins
What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art? — Paul Gauguin
The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be… — Charles Darwin

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