Quotes About Stagnation

The fleet lost momentum and for several vital days lay almost becalmed, scarcely moving at all.

Not since the Great Depression has America experienced the kind of working-class stagnation that we've seen in recent decades, and it has fed polarization, racism and bigotry, gnawing away at our social fabric.

Vamos con la reserva». Alice repite la frase mentalmente porque es un buen resumen de su situación. Hace años que Ken y ella entraron en reserva, y es increíble lo lejos que se puede llegar cuando uno se deja llevar por la inercia, cuando el único motor es la esperanza. Aun

Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road "change." The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense. The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man.

the average Russian peasant remains active and willing (rather than lazy) only so long as he wears a shirt and a peasant's smock; but that as soon as ever he finds himself put into a German tailcoat, he becomes awkward, sluggish, indolent, disinclined to change his vest or take a bath, fond of sleeping in his clothes, and certain to breed fleas and bugs under the German apparel.

Life can paralyze us, freeze us into statues if we think about things too long.

Bir soka??n ortas?nda durdum. Art?k bu soka?? bile bitirmek iste?i kalmam??t? bende. Yeni bir sokak, yeni bir karanl?k ba?layacakt?. Kald?r?m?n üstünde öylece duruyordum.

Senin i?in bir bak?ma kolayd? babac???m. Birçok ?eyi yok sayarak belirli bir düzen içinde ya?ad?n. Sinemaya gitmedin. Hiç roman okumad?n. Zeytinya?l? enginar yemedin. Yabanc? ülke özlemi çekmedin. Kimseye hediye almad?n. Evde ku?konmazdan ba?ka bitki yeti?tirmedin.

Uyand???m zaman kendimi ayn? yerde buldum. (Bu kadar gürültü ç?kard?ktan sonra, hiç olmazsa yerim de?i?ir diye ümit ediyordum.)

Human beings fear difference," Lilith had told him once. "Oankali crave difference. Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status. Oankali seek difference and collect it. They need it to keep themselves from stagnation and overspecialization

He had a brain and he had courage. He just didn't want to change.

Progress may have been all right once, but it went on too long...

Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on far too long.

j'ai pris conscience que ce qui est en mouvement – en dépit de ses dangers – sera toujours meilleur que ce qui est immobile, et que le changement sera toujours quelque chose de plus noble que l'invariance ; car ce qui stagne est voué inévitablement à la dégénérescence, à la décomposition et, en fin de compte, au néant, alors que tout ce qui évolue saura durer, et même éternellement.

La sédentarité nous importe aussi parce qu'elle est un renvoi du voyage permanent.

Last year nothing happened The year before nothing happened And the year before that nothing happened.

I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.

There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.

Go on so! I don't reckon yu' know what you're sayin'. Yu' might as well ask fruit to stay green. If the way we are now can keep bein' enough for you, it can't for me. A pleasure to you, is it? Well, to me it is—I don't know what to call it. I come to yu' and I hate it, and I come again and I hate it, and I ache and grieve all over when I go. No! You will have to think of some other way than just invitin' me to keep green

When you've made them that much money that fast, they don't ever want you to move a muscle or change a thing. "You just stay like you are, girl. You are just gold! Stay that way, honey!" And they are so happy, but it's very boring for you.

A team that is not focused on results ... • Stagnates/fails to grow • Rarely defeats competitors • Loses achievement-oriented employees

But we are all creatures of habit. It is far too easy to stay in the familiar ruts we dig for ourselves.