#backward

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched anywhere in the world. ↗

— Liam Fox

#afghanistan #anywhere #backwards #base #become

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#backward #edge #faith #fall #forward

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#concludes #detective #entire #novel #run

I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my gaze backwards to look at comics history. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#always #backwards #been #comics #difficult

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

— John Negroponte

#bent #contrary #democratic #elections #i

We know that, when it comes to technology and the economy, if you're not constantly moving forward, then - without a doubt - you're moving backwards. ↗

— Bill Owens

#comes #constantly #doubt #economy #forward

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

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

When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls. ↗

— Rihanna

#backward #club #dressed #else #everyone