"Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but……" — George Orwell
"Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing."
More Disappointing Quotes
- When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way… — Michele Bachmann
- Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. — Bernard Baruch
- We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.… — Gael Garcia Bernal
- You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself. — Mel Brooks
- I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope… — Sandra Bullock
- Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the… — Gene Cernan
- Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but… — Barbara Holland
- As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself. — Oliver Goldsmith
- Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best. — Marcel Proust
- Milestones you'd like to reach before retiring? Not really. Because when I began it was never to reach 100 games… — LaVell Edwards
- Easter is so disappointing. You suffer all the way through lent, and what do you get for it? A ham. — Garrison Keillor
- On girls night in we talk about dating; the ups and downs of the previous week. Our collective laughter is… — Cilla Black