Quotes About Progress

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'

Here is the difference, nationalism has a certain connotation in Europe, which is not necessarily positive, but I think in Asia, nationalism is seen very much as a sort of natural corollary to economic progress, almost like you're independent, you progress, you are prosperous and nationalism comes with all of that.

I'm not a 'big picture' sort of guy. I prefer making small improvements each day.

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

When you set goals and you reach those goals in mid-August and early September, there's nothing to look forward to. You sort of lose your drive.

It's a funny thing. You sort of never figure it out with acting. You're always learning.

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way.

Hopefully, next year if we can get everything sorted out and together.

It's funny; in fashion, you can never relax and feel like it's all sorted. Every season, you have to give yourself a challenge and come up with something new and fresh.

The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.

At a certain point, you have to take the rearview mirrors off the bus and focus forward, and that's what we've sought to do.

Women didn't go to school when they were young because parents preferred to send their brothers. The women couldn't access loans in their own right because the banks sought the approval of a male dependent.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.

I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.

Little moments of excitement shape the sound of a record. You don't have anything, and then you start to have little parts that give you the energy to move forward because you start to see something.

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.

You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.

I like to create a sound and then leave it behind.

People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.