Advancement Quotes - Page 7

• We have to take away from humans in the long run their reproductive autonomy as the only way to guarantee the advancement of mankind.

  Francis Crick

  Running, Long, Guarantees

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• The prosperity and advancement of a nation depend upon its intelligentsia, and Muslim India is looking forward to her young generation and education classes to give a bold lead for our guidance and a brilliant record of histrorical achievements and traditions.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Responsibility, Past, Young Generation

  "Some Recent Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah", December 24, 1940.

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• The objective of spiritual advancement is not so much 'works' but the quality of life free from ego-consciousness.

  Meher Baba

  Spiritual, Ego, Quality

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• Despite all the advancements in science, and all things about religion that are disproved it still marches on. The bottom line is that the only real, absolutely provable answers about life and our place in the universe are provided by science, and religion has been holding down science since day one.

  Joe Rogan

  Real, Answers, Lines

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• A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement-in a word, with more renunciation than you care for-and so you flee the contagion.

  Victor Hugo

  Self, Atheism, Saint

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect. [...] Equal laws protecting equal rights, are found as they ought to be presumed, the best guarantee of loyalty, and love of country; as well as best calculated to cherish that mutual respect and good will among citizens of every religious denomination which are necessary to social harmony and most favorable to the advancement of truth.

  James Madison

  Loyalty, Country, Religious

  Letter to Jacob De La Motta, printed in "Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, vol. 3" (1867), August 1820.

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• The pupil is ... 'schooled' to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

  Ivan Illich

  Teaching, Learning, Homeschooling

  Ivan Illich (1970). “The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays”

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• Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument.

  Humphry Davy

  Knowledge, Science, Instruments

  Sir Humphry Davy (1812). “Elements of Chemical Philosophy”, p.54

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• Nothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend.

  Samuel Johnson

  Learning, Science, Mind

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• The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Men, Intellectual, Religion

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.49, Library of Alexandria

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• "Winning" is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Winning, People, Subjective

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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• But we need a medical community that's trained and knowledgeable and working on advancement.

  Michelle Obama

  Community, Needs, Medical

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Auditions are great, and you definitely want to continue to make progress as an actor, you want to continue to see some advancement in your career. But when you get out there, you don't realize how many auditions you have to go on before you actually get work.

  Mike Colter

  Careers, Progress, Actors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's remarkable to see the advancements since the early days of [Harry] Potter with putting LEDs on everything, pointing sticks and measuring. Just archaic stuff. Now, it's like one guy with a laptop.

  Tom Felton

  Guy, Potters, Laptops

  "The Flash: 9 questions with Tom Felton". Interview with Ed Gross, www.empireonline.com. October 3, 2016.

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• An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Humorous, Sarcasm, Sometimes

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.6180, Delphi Classics

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• We lost our way a long time ago with technology. Just because something is an advancement by going digital - that was a huge (expletive) mistake. It was a way for people to make money, but it sure didn't improve sound or quality of record making. It made it faster, cheaper, but it isn't as durable.

  John Mellencamp

  Mistake, Technology, Long

  "Mellencamp's independent stand". Interview with Greg Kot, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 19, 2010.

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• The advancement of technology has probably guided us more than anything else in one direction or another. I don't know, it's hard to say. We're so much more connected, but we've never been more fractured as a culture.

  Zachary Quinto

  Technology, One Direction, Culture

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• When I went to the Association [ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] I learned a few things by observation. One of the things that used to strike me was [Walter White] need to impress people, even just people who came into the office.

  Ella Baker

  White, People, Office

  Source: www.crmvet.org

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• From the Cooperative League, I suppose, with the Depression lingering as long as it did, the next step in terms of, as you call it, professional relationship, was to go to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]. I went there as an assistant field secretary, and so forth. So, I suppose that was the first organized step.

  Ella Baker

  Long, People, League

  Source: www.crmvet.org

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• It is through our deepest intimate relationships that we can gain some of our soul's most powerful spiritual advancements.

  John Friend

  Spiritual, Powerful, Intimate Relationships

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• I would [call myself a feminist], yes. I believe in the unadulterated advancement of women. And we have so far to go still. I do think because women are so clever and flexible and such good communicators, it been hard for men to evolve and keep up. I think we could do a little better to help them out.

  Rashida Jones

  Clever, Believe, Men

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• The purpose of nature is the advancement and development of life.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Purpose, Development, Affirmation

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• It's impracticable to halt the exponential advancement of technology.

  Ben Goertzel

  Technology, Halt

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• In future years a number of you will become spiritual teachers. After many years of study and doing a good job, go out into the world and teach people.You'll reach points of advancement where you'll be able to be of great help to many, many people.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Teacher, Jobs

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• Educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement.  So it is with morals and patriotism.

  John Goodlad

  Would Be, Quests, Moral

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