Quotes About Progress

One of the things I did in my book, I start off with, is explaining how great our grace was: the things we were able to accomplish after the first one-hundred years from slavery.

One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.

One of the things that we've tried to do with the 'Guardians' films is to allow the women to be full characters.

The achievements we forge in this place and in our nation will not be those of one person or one party.

Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.

It's hard, transitioning from one thing to another. That's with anything you do.

One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

Of one thing I am certain: we are foolish if we think we will achieve change by sending the same crowd of people back to run our government again and again.

I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.

'The Newton Boys' was the one time I've made a film with really active characters who weren't at all self-reflexive and just plowed through their lives. There's a part of everyone that's like that. We have a biological imperative to keep living, keep moving forward... We have no choice.

At one time, especially during the era of action heroes, women took a bit of a secondary role because heroes were doing most of the action.

Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books. The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is another good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word.

I think that there are a lot of male writers and directors in Hollywood, and a lot of the female characters you do see are really one-dimensional, but I think that's changing more and more as there are more women taking control in Hollywood.

I don't know that the best way to approach it is to try and keep up. When you're doing that, you're setting yourself into a one-dimensional sort of race basically.

I'm glad 'Honest' came out right after 'Karate Chop,' because I don't want to be seen as a one-hit wonder.

I didn't want to be a one-hit wonder. I really wanted to make albums that had a different aesthetic every album and a different sound.

I definitely still like writing one-liners, but I also think that I've changed a lot in that I've allowed myself freedom to grow.

I developed my game a lot and learned how to score off the dribble. I learned how to play team defense and one-on-one defense.

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

Without the ambition to raise oneself to life's challenges, growth and innovation would never happen.

I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing.

Benchmarking is an ongoing exercise in any company that aspires for leadership.

Our movement is evolving. The movement to liberate our sexuality as a human right, that's an ongoing struggle.

It took a lot of time and constant feedback to realize what wasn't working in my life, and it will be an ongoing journey until the day I die.