1,930 Quotes About Progress

Industrialization is the systemic exploitation of wasting assets. In all too many cases, the thing we call progress is merely an acceleration in the rate of that exploitation.

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.

Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.

Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.

We'll stay here as long as we feel we're making progress, ... If we're not making progress, we're not going to stay.

There has been progress in this (so far) and we don't want to have that progress slip away. ... We've been rolling this rock up the hillside and we don't want it to roll all the way back down.

If we're not going to make progress, we're not going to be here,

we didn't make as much progress as we planned.

I can't say really that there has been progress,