Quotes About Progress

Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change.

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The Butler,' to 'The Best Man,' to 'Ride Along,' to even 'Think Like a Man' from last year - these movies are just good movies.

It's time to remove the stigma associated with promoting homeownership.

I am still learning.

I still have a lot to learn, and I still have a lot to prove.

I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

Anything can change, because the smartphone revolution is still in the early stages.

I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.

With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.

It's my mindset that I'm not where I want to be. I still want to be better, and I just want to stay humble about it. It's not an act. It's just how I am.

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

It's a blessing and a curse, 'cause I'm never satisfied, so I continually want to outdo myself. But still, I'm never happy.

No man can stand still; the moment progress is not made, retrogression begins. If the blade is not kept sharp and bright, the law of rust will assert its claim.

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.

I think of my life as a journey, and I'm still on it.

The Internet has become my enabler. It keeps me from stillness and discomfort, and this keeps me from growing.

Engineering stimulates the mind.

Commemorations can stimulate debate, which will ultimately lead to a greater understanding of the events of our 'through-other' history and to shape a better future.

The image of the robot is very important to us, it's very stimulating to people's imaginations.

Acting's such a good job in that you're stimulating and pushing yourself constantly. I'd never want to do anything comfortable.

It's stimulating to teach a new course. To teach a course three times in a row is, I think, about the maximum for me. On the second year - you know, the saying is that first year you learn how to teach the course, the second year you do it right, and the third year you're coasting and you had better move on to something else.

Whether it was expanding healthcare, stimulating the local economy and job growth, innovating in the schools, or protecting our precious environmental resources, Deval focused every day on moving Massachusetts forward.

Practices for me, when your team is not going really well, it can stake a lot of stink out of the air.