Quotes About Progress

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.

If I spent my career responding to critics, I'd never be where I'm at right now.

My career has been spent developing airplanes.

We have spent our entire existence adapting.

The first 20 years had such a profound effect on me, I spent the next 20 dealing with them.

After the first album, I felt like I needed to one up myself - get even bigger features - and I spent six months thinking about that and not making any music.

I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

ICICI Group has always been a catalyst in India's growth and continues to support the country in every sphere.

If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well.

That whole Wavy Spice, '90s thing, it wasn't who I was or what I saw myself doing in the future.

Spike Lee's been doing it for a long time now. We're all standing on his shoulders.

Spike Lee really gave us a platform, men and women of color.

Alabama has made great progress in proving that BP, Halliburton, and Transocean are liable for the devastating effects of the oil spill.

I don't cry over the past or worry about spilled milk.

I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

That is the thing I'm most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game.

Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.

It's awesome to see other games picking up on battle royale, adding their unique spin to it, and advancing the state of the industry.

I'm a work in progress. I've started doing spin classes, which always clears my head.

We are reinventing the world. We've set the ball spinning with little concern for where and how it's going to stop.

I think my work is like a spiral: you keep coming back on yourself, but you're at a different place. It's like reading 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' every five years. You realise that some things have caught up.

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

By admitting a mistake, it is easier to get yourself out of a spiral.