#backward

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#backward #confined #forward #generally #innovation

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#backwards #memory #only #poor #sort

You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession. ↗

— John Huston

#corridor #door #end #feel #flow

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ↗

— James Thurber

#face #fall #far #flat #lean

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#backwards #cannot #election #even #except

A maverick feels like he has no choice however difficult his choice of expression. In my case, it was going backwards into tonality. It seemed so wrong. The idea that progress is going into the past in a new way is very strange, even though there are precedents. ↗

— David Del Tredici

#case #choice #difficult #even #expression

There's one secret to hitting hard, and that is to completely dedicate your body. That's the difference between a man going forward and a man going backward, no matter how big he is. ↗

— Ray Lewis

#between #big #body #completely #dedicate

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards? ↗

— Edvard Munch

#developed #go #technique #why

The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#bishop #board #diagonally #extent #forwards

In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#ago #backwards #becoming #completely #fell