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Quotes About Progress

Ã…Ëœíká se, že pokrok zahání temnotu. Ale vždycky budou stíny. A vždycky se bude ve stínech skrývat zlo, vždycky v nich budou zuby a drápy, vražda a krev. Vždycky budou tvorové tlukoucí po nocích. A my zaklína?i jsme tady proto, abychom je ztloukli.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Remember," she repeated, "magic is Chaos, Art and Science. It is a curse, a blessing and progress. It all depends on who uses magic, how they use it, and to what purpose. And magic is everywhere. All around us. Easily accessible. It is enough to stretch out one's hand. See? I'm stretching out my hand.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Hope. That things renew themselves and won't stop doing so." "Is that all?" "That was enough
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Ma, per dirla col vampiro Regis, procedere senza meta era meglio che stare fermi senza meta, e molto meglio che arretrare senza meta
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Remember,' she repeated, 'magic is Chaos, Art and Science. It is a curse, a blessing and progress. It all depends on who uses magic, how they use it, and to what purpose.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Doch wie sich der Vampir Regis ausdrückte, lieber ohne Ziel vorwärts gehen, als ohne Ziel auf der Stelle stehenbleiben, und allemal besser, als sich ohne Ziel zurückzuziehen.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
It is better to go forward without an aim than loiter without an aim, and with surety much better than to retreat without an aim.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
You have captured the whole world, man, you are everywhere. Everywhere you introduce what you call modernity, the era of change, what you call progress. But we want neither you nor your progress here. We do not desire the changes you bring. We do not desire anything you bring.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Der Fortschritt", sagte er schließlich, "ist wie eine Herde Schweine. Und so muss man diesen Fortschritt betrachten, so muss man ihn bewerten. Wie eine Herde Schweine, die auf dem ganzen Gehöft herumlaufen. Aus der Existenz dieser Herde ergeben sich verschiedene Vorteile. Es gibt Schinken. Es gibt Wurst, es gibt Speck, es gibt Eisbein in Aspik. Kurzum, Nutzen! Und da braucht man nicht die Nase rümpfen, dass alles vollgeschissen ist.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Dizem que o progresso ilumina as trevas. Mas sempre, absolutamente sempre, existirá a escuridão. E na escuridão sempre haverá o mal, sempre haverá caninos e garras, assassinatos e sangue, sempre haverá criaturas que vagueiam pela noite, perturbando.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Va'esse deireádh aep eigean, va'esse eigh faidh'ar, powtarzaÅ'a, co siÄ™ po ichniemu wykÅ'ada jako... - CoÅ› siÄ™ koÅ"czy, coÅ› siÄ™ zaczyna.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Pokrok," prohlásil, "je jako stádo sviní v humnÄ›. Z takého stáda, to sa mosí uznat, je užitek. Je uzený Å¡pek, je ovar, je prejt, sú klobásky, sú nožky v rosolu. Tož sa nesmí ohrnovat nos, že je vÅ¡ecko posrané.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Remember," she repeated, "magic is Chaos, Art and Science. It is a curse, a blessing and progress. It all depends on who uses magic, how they use it, and to what purpose. And magic is everywhere. All around us. Easily accessible. It is enough to stretch out one's hand.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Younger tutors milled around with their eyes glued to the backsides of female students. Dandelion ascertained with joy that, since his day, nothing had changed in the Academy.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
I would argue that when mutation is spread over a sufficiently long period it ceases to be mutation and becomes evolution.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Progress," said Yarpen Zigrin amidst the silence, "will eventually light up the darkness. The darkness will yield before the light. But not right away. And definitely not without a fight.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
when mutation is spread over a sufficiently long period it ceases to be mutation and becomes evolution.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
He realized straight away that the conversation hadn't advanced a jot during his short absence.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Sulla strada dell'eternità, ognuno procederà lungo la propria scala, portando il proprio fardello.»
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
La magia è Caos, Arte e Scienza. È maledizione, benedizione e progresso. Tutto dipende da chi si serve della magia, come e con quale scopo. Ma la magia è ovunque. Ovunque intorno a noi. Facilmente accessibile. Basta allungare la mano.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Progress," he said finally, "is like a herd of pigs. That's how you should look at progress, that's how you should judge it. Like a herd of pigs trotting around a farmyard. Numerous benefits derive from the fact of that herd's existence. There's pork knuckle. There's sausage, there's fatback, there are trotters in aspic. In a word, there are benefits! There's no point turning your nose up at the shit everywhere.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
articulated, it is better to go forward without an aim than loiter without an aim, and with surety much better than to retreat without an aim.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Remember," she repeated, "magic is Chaos, Art and Science. It is a curse, a blessing and progress. It all depends on who uses magic, how they use it, and to what purpose. And magic is everywhere. All around us. Easily accessible.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
?wiat b?dzie lepszy, gdy kobiety przejm? w?adz?. Mam nadzieje, ?e daruj? nam krwaw? zemst?.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk