Quotes About Progress

Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before.

Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.

There are less opportunities for women.

I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.

In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.

I just said yes to opportunities that came my way.

Globalization can be a great opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Crisis creates opportunity.

When you see a roadblock or challenge as an opportunity, it is amazing how you are already halfway there.

You can't fail. The further you fall, the greater the opportunity for growth and change.

You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education.

You never know the opportunity you're going to get, and you're never going to know how good anyone can be without the best opportunities, just as it goes with time.

NXT is a land of opportunity.

When we grew up, Australia was the land of opportunity; it really was.

If bigots oppose gay marriage so vehemently, it must be because marriage is a defining institution for them; gays will never be fully accepted until they can marry and adopt, like anyone else.

I'm always looking at things and seeing how I can improve upon them. I think it's my responsibility to focus on how I can do better, as opposed to what I've done well.

I'm going to look forward to the future as opposed to looking back at the past.

I'm not opposed to success.

Music's always going to evolve, and we can't really stop that, so we have to figure out what's the next thing and how we move towards that as opposed to just being like, 'Oh, cool: let's just continue making tear-out EDM hits that are gonna last 2 months, and then somebody else is making the exact same thing under a different name.'

I think, generally, the creative process is hurt if you're thinking about the end as opposed to focusing on day-to-day decisions.

The game is changing with songs like 'Earned It' as opposed to it changing me.

How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes.

I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.