Quotes About Progress

I think the personal stories that I tell in my life, I think, sort of do add up to say that you can fail and fail and fail again and continue to move forward.

I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

When you're telling a story, the best stories, every character has an arc. Every one. And that arc is usually about finding yourself, or about at least finding something about yourself that you didn't know.

I'm telling you there is hope. I have seen it, but it does not come from the governments or corporations. It comes from the people.

I was the original moderniser in the Conservative Party, telling it, 'No change, no chance.'

They keep telling me that my flow's up to date, you know. I guess they thought I was gonna come back sounding... old.

If you think America is great, remember that every person telling you otherwise may carry a clue to making it greater.

When I started out, I really struggled as a comic because no one knew who I was, and sometimes I was telling stories, so it would take a while for people to get on board for things.

I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career.

If we could honestly promise young couples that we knew how to give them offspring with superior character, why should we assume they would decline? Common sense tells us that if scientists find ways to greatly improve human capabilities, there will no stopping the public from happily seizing them.

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are.

Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.

Someone will write a resolution that says, 'I want to exercise more,' or 'I want to lose 15 pounds' - which is great, that's a great goal to have - but every study tells us that if you pose things in abstract, goal-related terms, it's much less likely that you will accomplish it than if you structure it as an actual activity.

I think every artist's next work will reflect a new chapter in their autobiography. Each album tells a story about where they were at during a particular period and how they have evolved.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn't think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

Your television has changed, your phone has changed. Why don't these other things you need, that the government tells you you must have in your home, change?

I think audiences crave something new. I don't think audiences want the same old thing, no matter how much conventional Hollywood tells you that.

As a car lover, I ask myself, 'What am I going to be buying in the future? Will it be a boring, underpowered, dorky car because the government tells me I shouldn't pollute? Or do I come up with a cool-looking, sexy dream car that is also part of the future?'

When a book is going well, it tells you where to go.

I thought it was hilarious when 'Brace for Impact' was released, and people said I had abandoned country, even though the song is dripping with pedal steel. If anything, that tells me I'm making progress.

We were pushing the boundaries a bit of Saturday morning telly and trying new things.

I'd worked in TV for a number of years before Strictly,' doing kids' telly and a couple of Saturday-night shows, but nothing on that scale.

My first Telugu film 'Krishna' became a super duper hit and since then there was no looking back.

I started with Tamil film, then Hindi. Now, I am also doing a Telugu film. The journey has been wonderful so far.