Quotes about Progress

Ideas carried out stimulate more ideas.

Even if you can not sculpt great foundations, because you have not got that sort of talent, at least carve a child's toy... Start SOMEWHERE. Do not let this desire be simply a frustration that turns into bitterness when it could grow and develop, given some small outlet..

Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

The march of the human mind is slow.

If you want to get ahead, get a hat.

The future lies before you like a field of driven snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.

When you're climbing the ladder, don't forget the rungs.

I'd like to meet the man who invented sex and see what he's working on now.

If I've learned anything from video games, it's what when you meet enemies it means you're going in the right direction.

Instead of being born again, why not just grow up?

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

A Short History of Medicine 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."