Quotes About Progress

Carriages without horses shall go,And accidents fill the world with woe.

Women belong in the house... and the Senate.

Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

The bourgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all, even the most barbarian, nations into civilization.

If you keep doing things like you've always done them, what you'll get is what you've already got.

Instead of being born again, why not just grow up?

I didn't know I'd have to be torn down before I could be built up.

The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

Indecision becomes decision with time.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.

The best way to get something done is to begin.

A Short History of Medicine 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another.

The view is better when it is earned.

No matter how far in or out of the closet you are, you still have a next step.

God didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

He that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.

You will find more happiness growing down than up.

Don't sell America short.

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.

[M]odern man is just ancient man... with way better electronics.