#backward

Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#backward #company #easy #forests #fur

The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#factory #forward #knowledge #looked #looks

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#backwards #forwards #life #lived #must

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#backward #forward #i #keep #looking

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#backward #forward #look #never #people

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched anywhere in the world. ↗

— Liam Fox

#afghanistan #anywhere #backwards #base #become

During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too. ↗

— Adam Garcia

#ass #audience #backward #cast #dance

I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you. ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#every #hate #i #looking #once

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. ↗

— Ann Landers

#backward #future #gets #lies #life

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards. ↗

— Bill Lee

#baseball #gave #mickey #mickey mouse #money