“Dr. Aaron Glassman: We should hire him because he is qualified and because he is different. How long ago was it that we wouldn't hire black doctors in this hospital? How m... how long ago was it that we wouldn't hire female doctors at this hospital? Dr. Marcus Andrews: So you're comparing being Afri…”— David Shore, Dr. Marcus Andrews, Hill Harper, imdb.com
“I thought that maybe we could do this precisely because we're all unreasonable people and progress depends on our changing the world to fit us. Not the other way around. I want to believe that. I must believe that.”— Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers, Joe MacMillan, Lee Pace, imdb.com
“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.”— John Dewey, amazon.com
“Here in America, we have labored long and hard to achieve a social order worthy of our great heritage. In our time, tremendous progress has been made toward a really democratic way of life. Let me assure the forward-looking people of America that there will be no relaxation in our efforts to improve…”— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org
“Today, the entire world is looking to America for enlightened leadership to peace and progress. Such a leadership requires vision, courage and tolerance. It can be provided only by a united nation deeply devoted to the highest ideals.”— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org
“You see, progress doesn’t necessarily make things better. There was more friendship in those days.”— Harry Caray, youtube.com
“The significance of a political philosopher does not depend on the practical success of the plans he lays down but rather on their absolute truth and the influence they exert on the progress of mankind.”— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com
“Does anybody honestly believe that human progress originates in the composite brain of the majority and not in the brain of the individual personality? Or may it be presumed that for the future human civilization will be able to dispense with this as a condition of its existence? But may it not be t…”— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com
“Maybe I had avoided the spectacle because I was afraid for her, afraid for us, because I thought it might be too much to hope that others could fall in love with her, too.”— Mara Gay, nytimes.com
“Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.”— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com
“Mrs. Greenstone, I am 59 years old. I am black and I have lived with and fought racism my entire life. I have been in prison 23 times—serving 28 months in a federal penitentiary and 30 days on a North Carolina chain gang, among other punishments. I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction.…”— Bayard Rustin, huffingtonpost.com
“Those who cannot adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react accordingly will benefit.”— Jim Rogers, amazon.com
“Yeah now, well, the thing about the old days...they the old days.”— Richard Price, Slim Charles, Anwan Glover, imdb.com
“Human beings are still capable of violence and cruelty. We all succumb to sin. But look back at any preceding century or even just a few decades, and you will see cruelty, violence and misery on a scale that is, with few exceptions, unknown today.”— John McCain, en.wikiquote.org
“Sometimes, the key to making progress is to recognize how to take that very first step. Then you start your journey. You hope for the best and you stick with it, day in and day out. Even if you’re tired, even if you want to walk away. You don’t. Because you are a pioneer. But nobody ever said it’d b…”— Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter, imdb.com
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.”— Tony Robbins, twitter.com
“It’s not easy to bring a new idea into existence. It’s not easy even to stand up and talk about why things need to change. I know that from my own experience as a young adolescent searching for my own voice. It’s a long and difficult process, and I think it’s fair to say that it’s never finished. At…”— Melinda Gates, gatesfoundation.org
“If you’re so angry in the present, why is it so important for you to make sure things stay this way forever?”— Elan Gale, twitter.com