Stagnation Quotes

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The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness… — William Beebe
Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the… — Sun Tzu
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life. — Seneca the Younger
The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic planning. It was… — Milton Friedman
It is my hope that the pagan media and academic establishment will implode on the force of its own corruption and stagnation. — Samuel Bowers
A lot of our entertainment throws into detail the stagnation and illness of how we live today-it's sad and it's sick... and it's profitable. — Heather Donahue
Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We run and we… — Art Buchwald
I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal.… — Eugene Ionesco
The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money. — Mortimer Zuckerman
Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. — Bruce Lee
This life we live nowadays. It's not life, it's stagnation death-in-life. Look at all these bloody houses and the meaningless people inside them. Sometimes I… — George Orwell
If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living… — Eugene V. Debs
Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation. — Amy Lowell
Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for… — Charlotte Bronte
Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge… — Abdul Kalam
Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner or later, he will regret… — Emile M. Cioran
Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation and leave their… — Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation. — Amy Lowell
Encourage innovation. Change is our lifeblood, stagnation our death knell. — David Ogilvy
Through all the centuries of the worship of the mindless, whatever stagnation humanity chose to endure, whatever brutality to practice-it was only by the grace… — Ayn Rand

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