#advance

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#ambiguity #greater #impediment #knowledge #than

I must break out... ...start a new life... been here for years... might be getting into a rut... something a bit more exciting... more adventurous... something with more of a challenge... There's not much opportunity for self-advancement in toilets... ↗

— Raymond Briggs

#self-advancement #dreams

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole. ↗

— Wes Anderson

#advance #aside #great #great ones #hole

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

#as far as #culture #exactly #far #hasn

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#annoys #arrogance #decided #even #hell

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#apt #become #make #men #them

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#advanced #against #been #brief #covered

Not so much in Canada, but certainly in the US, as I'm sure you know, money is all, and if they can get another 26 programs of the same thing even though it advances the culture or those actor's careers not at all it doesn't matter. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#advances #another #canada #careers #certainly

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never. ↗

— James Baker

#advanced #best #doing #never #nothing

Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#buffaloes #command #killed #major #miles