Rapid Quotes

297 quotes by 276 authors

The locus of corporate innovations has been product development. But in times of rapid and unpredictable change, the creation of individual products becomes less important… — John Seely Brown
Several times in Earth's history, rapid global warming occurred, apparently spurred by amplifying feedbacks. In each case, more than half of plant and animal species… — James Hansen
One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in… — William O. Douglas
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed… — Albert Pike
I found everything so remote but, at the same time, familiar when I occasionally looked into the mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums depicted in… — Zhang Xiaogang
Iâ€™m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general. — Binyavanga Wainaina
Probably no single event highlights the strength of Campbell's argument (on peak oil) better than the rapid development of the Alberta tar sands. Bitumen, the… — Andrew Nikiforuk
Change is the law of life and of relations between nations. When two great peoples such as ours, energetic and optimistic, live side by side… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I am very pleased with the progress of the new CBS Corporation. The Company's rapid pace of change and innovative approach to emerging business opportunities… — Sumner Redstone
I hate to call it crossfire, what the rapid action battalion attributes for the custodial deaths, as there must be two parties in any such… — Irene Khan
The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on… — Thomas A. Edison
The highest ideal of cure is the rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of health; that is, the lifting and annihilation of the disease in its… — Samuel Hahnemann
The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could mean to you… — Ric Ocasek
What counts is results, and there can be no doubt that the Soviet planning system has been a powerful engine for economic growth...The Soviet model… — Paul Samuelson
The existing order is breaking down at a very rapid rate, and the main uncertainty is whether mankind can exert a positive role in shaping… — Richard A. Falk
The systematic, wanton, and long continued agitation of the slavery question, with the actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States and a portion of… — Isham G. Harris
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative… — Samuel Johnson
Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in… — Milton Friedman
Our modern economy privileges pure profit, momentary transactions and rapid fluidity. Part of craftâ€™s anchoring role is that it helps to objectify experience and also… — Richard Sennett
Every attempt to employ mathematical methods in the study of chemical questions must be considered profoundly irrational and contrary to the spirit of chemistry.... if… — Auguste Comte

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