Quotes About Progress

A leveller has long ago been set down as a ridiculous and chimerical being, who, if he could finish his work to-day, would have to begin it again tomorrow.

I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year

To truly know what works, you have to learn what doesn't work first.

All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

I think we are starting to get some information that will allow us to get to the bottom of this, and I hope we continue to work on this until we get to the bottom of it.

...A man is not required to run faster than he is able but it is a requirement to run.

Experimentalists never know when their work is finished.

Don't be afraid to discard work you know isn't up to standard. Don't save junk, just because it took you a long time to write it.

The people who do better and better work are people who are never satisfied. Cezanne would say, 'I think I've accomplished something,' but then he would immediately add, 'But it's not enough.

I'm really excited that I'm able to work again.

One of my favorite songs is by Mavado. The song is called "Progress." It's something that I work out to every day. Progress is definitely the answer.

Mainstream Canadians, what some might call the dominant culture, like to think this racism doesn't happen. It's important to remind people that it does and that we have work to do to end it.

But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work

The scope of material I can work with is not limited to the set of things that we inherit from nature.

There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

I see people whose spirits are not broken, who continue to work for justice. That makes me feel alive, when I witness their work, and then I witness some of their dreams come to fruition.

We are advancing, we are responding, we are having major apprehensions of the most wanted, most dangerous criminals, overall, we continue to work toward a Mexico of peace that we all want.

Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

Every race will have disagreements amongst themselves, but we must put aside our differences, and work together for the advancement of that race" Sandra Forsythe

I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvement I see no further hope.

I always work out of uncertainty but when a painting's finished it becomes a fixed idea, apparently a final statement. In time though, uncertainty returns.. your thought process goes on.