#backward

We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. ↗

— John McCarthy

#between #brief #capitalism #countries #feudalism

It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#backward #because #look #pool #resources

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#atlantic ocean #backward #crab #crawling #ever

If I see an ending, I can work backward. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#ending #i #i can #i see #see

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. ↗

— John Negroponte

#bent #contrary #democratic #elections #i

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#ancestors #backwards #forwards #had #i

I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#find #focus #forward #hard #i

What I do know is our state and country is currently backwards and upside-down, and we all are to blame in one fashion or another. ↗

— David Pratt

#backwards #blame #country #currently #fashion

Obama sees everything backward. Where Americans see individual achievement, he sees government's work. Where we see failing companies, he sees innovation worth subsidizing. Where we see the need for economic growth, he sees a need for higher taxes. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#backward #companies #economic #economic growth #everything

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#backwards #come #curious #forward #grandparents