#ogres

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#been #democracy #election #exactly #history

The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures. ↗

— Manning Marable

#crisis #development #only #political #politics

We should learn to live and love our neighbors as ourselves for the sake of peace and progress. ↗

— David McCallum

#live #love #neighbors #our #ourselves

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions. ↗

— Vera Rubin

#best #force #observations #our #preconceptions

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#discovery #dreams #experience #exploration #fun

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#civilization #conquest #development #law #march

[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#invention #progress #home

Stay More' is synonymous with 'Status Quo' in fact, there are people who believe, or who like to believe, that the name of the town was intended as an entreaty, beseeching the past to remain present. ↗

— Donald Harington

#past #present #progress #architecture

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#because #begun #books #makes #many

Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language. ↗

— Roman Jakobson

#central #even #language #made #meaning