Quotes About Progress

Mexico has not achieved the advances that the population demands or deserves.

People used to think that more population was bad for growth. In this view, people are stomachs - they eat, leaving less for everyone else. But once we realize the importance of ideas in the economy, people become brain - they innovate, creating more for everyone else.

As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.

If science has a lot to do with what works, then clearly there's much about today's social and economic setup that isn't scientific, because things aren't working very well for a majority of the world's population or the environment.

I see feminism as a massive party. It's cool, the idea that 50% of the population can now start doing things and having fun and experimenting with their hair and makeup.

I hope we're all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and better and better as there's not only sort of a film geek audience, there's also a general interest in the overall film consuming population.

I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my charge.

I love the women's movement, and I never thought of it as belonging to any particular segment of the population.

Latinas are the fastest growing segment of the minority population, and their perspective deserves to be represented, not denigrated.

We forgot that Martin Luther King, Jr. changed his discourse toward the end of his life because he understood that the real fundamental problem of this country was not just race, it was class. It was the economical situation of not only poor blacks but also the poor white part of the population and everything in between.

How is our society going to progress if 50 percent of the population is not allowed to contribute?

We need to create jobs across Africa and provide its growing population with a route out of poverty where they are.

The population of Seoul is decreasing but a large population is not a key element of an advanced city.

I think the Brexit vote in Great Britain informing this populist movement of nationalism is kind of a global thing, and I think it's no particular political party's fault. People have been left behind, and in America, we're used to going forward. It's always like we're going to be better; the next generation's going to be better.

I don't drive Yugo anymore, I drive Porsche.

The integrated automotive group of Volkswagen and Porsche is a certainty.

The idea that, you know - when I was growing up - that everybody would carry around a portable communicating device, that was science fiction when I was a kid.

By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate.

Pageants have consistently evolved over the decades and have tried numerous plays on different portions of the competition.

With me and Portland, it wasn't moving anywhere. I wasn't given a bigger role as I played more and more with the club. I felt I could have been utilized in a bigger way.

I am committed to ensuring that, as Portland grows, the things we love about our city grow along with us.

I want Portland to be the cleanest city in America.

Portland took the lead on climate action more than 25 years ago when we became the first U.S. city to adopt a climate action plan.

I think every time there's a show like 'Modern Family' or 'Will & Grace' that portray gay and lesbian characters and is successful, it just further opens the door.