#backward

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#bit #fact #forwards #i #like

During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#african americans #backward #black #colleges #days

What we need in America is a renaissance. We need to go forward by going backward. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#backward #forward #go #going #need

I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#backwards #became #century #command #companion

I'll find places to grab as I walk and talk, sometimes even walking backwards because I have more control that way. People have no idea that I'm doing this. ↗

— Montel Williams

#because #control #doing #even #find

There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#backward #case #certainly #countries #crop

I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#backward #get #give #goal #goals

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy. ↗

— August Strindberg

#because #demands #energy #every #evolution

Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be, to be the opposite of the stereotype like 'You're the man haters!' We're always bending over backwards being extra nice. And I don't know if being nice is my legacy. ↗

— Kathleen Hanna

#always #backwards #being #being nice #bending

It is Basic Management 101 that if you reward failure you are going to get more failure, and if you want success you should reward success. But if you look at the way this administration has approached national security, they have kind of got that principle backwards. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#approached #backwards #basic #failure #get