Quotes About Progress

Nobody knew if the pilot would even get picked up because it had two gay lead characters, which has never happened before. And now every show has at least two gay characters, if not many more.

Pilot season isn't perfect, and it certainly is a very difficult time. But pilot season does work for us.

I think every test pilot's dream is to be on the start of something that's brand new.

If you go back and look at the pilot of 'Seinfeld,' no one would have thought that show would be what it became, and television isn't given that kind of chance anymore.

I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.

Anything I wrote before the age of 17 is probably worth putting a pin in and moving on.

Every day, I pinch myself. It has been an incredible journey.

After 'Pink,' I wanted to do something that would challenge me further as an actor.

I am proud to say that our industry is making films like 'PINK,' 'Maatr,' and 'Mom.'

For me, my continuous struggle with every project is, "Is it better than 'Pink?'"

I feel after 'Pink' my time has come.

The entire industry saw 'Pink' and it helped me get more work.

You base your actions on a projected ending, which you actually don't know. However, when you reach the crucial point, and the pinnacle event doesn't occur, you just need to go on, and something else will happen.

Look at the computer industry. I've watched a lot of companies come and go, some that were right at the pinnacle of their success.

From aerospace to the life sciences, New Hampshire is home to companies at the pinnacle of innovation.

I'd rather not pinpoint my mistakes.

If you show me someone who's afraid of failure, I'll show you someone who is not a groundbreaking, innovative pioneer of a certain industry.

Google was the right place to pioneer robot cars.

You look at the pioneers that have paved the way for players like myself. Sometimes, you just sit back and scratch your head.

China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.

I don't think we should have to do a Mars mission on the basis of hysteria. I think we should do a Mars mission on the basis of a deliberate judgment that what we want to do is open up a new planet for humanity... that we are continuing to be a nation of pioneers.

To know that someone decades later is still just as impactful as they were when they were alive, we need pioneers like that.

Pioneering companies always try out new things and experiment with new concepts and new things.

NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies.