Quotes About Progress

Se acabó lo de gratis, Fernandito. Bienvenido al capitalismo. —¿No dicen que eso es malísimo? —Peor. Y te va a encantar. —¿Cuándo empiezo? —Ahora mismo.

el futuro de la literatura depende de las mujeres

Sie [Lorena] sagte, das Niveau der Barbarei einer Gesellschaft messe sich an der Distanz, die sie zwischen die Frauen und die Bücher zu bringen versuchte. Nichts erschüttert einen Kaffer so sehr wie eine Frau, die lesen, schreiben und denken kann und obendrein noch die Knie zeigt.

La táctica es el conjunto de pequeños pasos que das para llegar a algún sitio. La estrategia son los pasos que das cuando ya no hay ningún lugar al que ir.

Az egyik szerelem - még ha beteljesületlen is - elvezet a másikhoz.

Te has dado cuenta de que cuanto más inteligentes son los móviles, más tonta se vuelve la gente?

Todo en la vida lo ha hecho alguien antes, al menos lo que vale la pena hacer. El truco está en tratar de hacerlo un poco mejor.

the level of barbarism in a society is measured by the distance it tries to create between women and books.

We should not forego innovation, but reject novelty as the sole aim.

I always had plenty of ideas. I didn't exactly have them. They grew—little by little, a half an idea at a time. First, part of a phrase and then a person to go with it. After a person, then a little corner of a place for the person to be in.

It's American to be from somewhere else, and it's American to go from East to West. It's American to seek your fortune someplace other than where you are, or to be escaping something...

From surfeit to loss is a short line.

When we think of the past we tend to assume that people were simpler in their functions, and shaped by forces that were primary and irreducible.

You had to assume that his body would grow to match, in which case Stephen would become a man of splendid proportions.

Lord, it's only been six months since the last time I was a total jerk, thought Reeve. Am I going to be a total jerk again?

Now, as we approach the turning of another century, men and women seem to want to face life together. This may be the start of the "we" generation, a generation that desires an end to the battle of the sexes and the beginning of a new form of relationship in which partners work together as a team to satisfy needs, uplift one another, and journey together toward personal growth and sexual and spiritual fulfillment.

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone

May all the ones ahead be better than those that have already passed.

We'll move on to the future and let the devil have the past.

Besides, I haven't been

We can't expect to be over the past in only three weeks, but we can close the door to it and choose to be happy one day at a time." Nessa gave her another sideways hug.

Let go of the past. Live today and look forward to the future

than this landline.

That we are on the right journey to where we're supposed to go . . . and to think it all started with catching a bouquet.