Quotes About Progress

Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner.

Rather than standing back and being left behind, we must make the most of the opportunities that a growing China presents to us here in Britain.

Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.

Women are standing up and leaning forward and asserting their power.

I think dad would be very proud of young people standing up to promote truth, justice and equality.

I run a program called Amer-I-Can. We've taught in prisons, schools, juvenile facilities and we teach in the community. We have the greatest record from the standpoint of dealing with grade point averages, disciplinary action and attendance in schools.

I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig.

From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season.

From my standpoint, I feel like I'm at the start of my career, I'm only 23-years-old but I have been doing it for 10 years.

I became intrigued with the whole development sector, going into a community, building it up, coming up with a plan from an architectural standpoint, and bringing it to fruition, especially if you're able to make the community a better place in the process.

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

Nothing stands still. The real question is can you change it?

Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

You know what 'FAILING' stands for? It stands for 'Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth.'

Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.

Educating bold and ambitious children from cradle to career stands as a clear and foundational goal for Georgia.

Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt.

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.

We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.

Serbia stands firmly on the EU path.

If the condition of Government stands still, it just makes no sense and must die, so, therefore, the improvement within that democracy must be the greater and greater equalization of rights and opportunities to the people as those people grow up.

Nothing stands still. Everything is moving in some direction or another.

I ask myself where Germany stands today and where it wants to go.