#succession

There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations. ↗

— Claude Vorilhon

#ancestors #call #glorious #history #mistakes

It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in succession. People always welcome the western. It's America's genre. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#america #around #come #cyclical #different

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#constantly #counteract #education #generations #inexorable

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#errors #man #succession #through #truth

There are things that I would say that you could call an instant of time; or better, a now. As we live we seem to move through a succession of instants of time, nows, and the question is, what are they? There are where everything in the universe is at this moment, now. ↗

— Julian Barbour

#call #could #everything #i #instant

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#away #character #done #during #i

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#channels #fully #grace #held #i

Most corporations have human-resources processes that involve discussions with your manager, performance evaluations, calibrations for performance and potential succession planning. ↗

— Denise Morrison

#discussions #involve #manager #most #performance

I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between. ↗

— Darrell Royal

#day #days #i #play #space

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. ↗

— Wallis Simpson

#around #challenge #compelling #each #emotionally