Quotes About Progress

The new industrial world is coming to us one new free-born industry at a time.

Machinery makes men like itself.

Cities are the huge central dynamos of all being. The power of a man can be measured today by the mile, the number of miles between him and the city; that is, between him and what the city stands for -- the centre of mass.

We have had the stone age; we have had the iron age; and now we have the sky age, and the sky telegraph, and sky men, and sky cities. Mountains of stone are built out of men's visions. Towers and skyscrapers swing up out of their wills and up out of their hearts.

Machinery is the subconscious mind of the world.

Today it's just a wound. It takes a long time before you realize it's become a scar.

There are decades where nothing happens," Edney said. "And there are weeks where decades happen," Beth said, completing the Lenin quote that was their coded introduction.

carrying their suitcases.

also have electricity and running water," Garvey said. "You really are a dinosaur. If you aren't on social media, you might as well be dead.

Life can only be understood backward; but it must be lived forwards. —Søren Kierkegaard

Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.

I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.

The future ain't what it used to be - and what's more, it never was.

The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.

Don't just stand there; make something happen.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. - Lee Iacocca

Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.

I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn't be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters - who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.

We are pragmatists. We don't stick to any ideology. Does it work? Let's try it, and if it does work, fine, let's continue it. If it doesn't work, toss it out, try another one. We are not enamored with any ideology.