Quotes About Progress

Each day has been chained to the previous one. But the weeks have wings. Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live my life.

Something having been done just about everywhere just about always is no kind of justification for doing it now.

What if I never stop inventing?

AND IF WE ARE TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE, MUSTN'T WE BE FAMILIAR AND RECONCILED WITH OUR PAST?

The important measurement is not the distance from unattainable perfection, but from unforgivable inaction.

Time passed, the world exerted itself, and Jacob and Julia began to forget to do things on purpose.

But even if the average life expectancy continued to increase by one year with each passing year, it would take forever for people to live forever, so probably no one would ever see it.

il te faut seulement comprendre que te retrouver à la case départ n'est pas une régression. Te retrouver quelque part, c'est une déjà une bonne chose en soi - cela veut dire que tu as conscience de ce que tu fais.

From 1935 to 1995, the average weight of broilers increased by 65%, while their time-to-market dropped 60% and their feed requirements dropped 57%. To gain a sense of the radicalness of this change, imagine human children growing to be 300 pounds in 10 years, while eating only granola bars and Flintstones vitamins.

In 1930, more than 20% of the American population was employed in agriculture. Today it's less than 2%.

Tomorrow was over the horizon and it would take an entire day to reach

Za posledních tÃ…â"¢i a p?l tisíce let bylo v celém civilizovaném svÄ›tÄ› jenom dvÄ› stÄ› tÃ…â"¢icet let míru.

the entirety of human society and moral progress represents an explicit transcendence of what's "natural.

La biodiversità era stata rimpiazziata dall'uniformità genetica, nelle università i dipartimenti di scienze animali erano diventati dipartimenti di scienze zootecniche, un'attività economica un tempo dominata dalle donne era ormai passata in mano ai maschi, e pollicoltori esperti erano stati rimpiazzati da dipendenti stipendiati. Non ci fu un colpo di pistola a segnare l'inizio della corsa verso il basso. Il terreno si inclinò e tutti scivolarono giù.

Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the public, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.

You, my friend, are society. So welcome to the club of community, and even though some may try to drown out other styles of discourse with shouts about personal rights, the community may have a thing or two to say, and it may say it a lot louder. After all, community can only progress when its individuals exercise higher moral choices, and community is sacrificed when individuals choose with only themselves in mind.

And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game.

Vivir esos cambios es animarnos a permitir que las cosas dejen de ser para que den lugar a otras nuevas cosas.

Cuando creemos y confiamos en que de alguna forma se puede seguir adelante, nuestras posibilidades de avanzar se multiplican.

Vivo y aprendo, vivo y maduro, vivo y crezco.

que el presente sea aún mejor que el pasado, no significa que yo no tenga que elaborar el duelo.

Crecer significa aumentar el espacio que cada uno ocupa. En la medida que haya más espacio, habrá más posibilidades.

dejar atrás aquellos preconceptos y vivencias relacionados a un yo que ya no soy; es abandonar el pedirme que siga siendo como era, pensando como lo hacía o reaccionando como solía hacerlo.