#ogres

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#mediocre #other #people #physicists #progress

As we have heard, the end of al-Zarqawi is a significant blow to al-Qaida operations in Iraq. It is another clear indication of the progress we are making. ↗

— Kit Bond

#blow #clear #end #heard #indication

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#beyond #desire #every #income #innate

Joining 'ER,' I felt like that kid who got the golden ticket in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' I've been offered chocolate bars all these years, but there had been no golden ticket. Just the stomachache that was called 'Jake in Progress.' ↗

— John Stamos

#been #called #charlie #chocolate #factory

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#fatal #growth #idea #inside #leaving

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#country #dominant #i #i can #japan

I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am. ↗

— Henry J. Kaiser

#am #around #assume #everyone #having

We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress. ↗

— Li Ka Shing

#approaching #broader #cannot #capabilities #constructive

The methods that EPA introduced after 1970 to reduce air-pollutant emissions worked for a while, but over time have become progressively less effective. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#become #effective #emissions #epa #introduced

The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed in the direction of a constructive formula. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#constitute #constructive #did #direction #federalism