#ogres

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

#bleached #desert #discarded #eternal #eternal life

I'm a huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads a book before I read newer stuff, which is probably not all that progressive, and it's not really going to make me a better reader. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, you should read To Kill a Mockingbird.' ↗

— John Krasinski

#better #book #classics #ernest #ernest hemingway

To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its own pace more than other places that have to keep up with the progress. ↗

— Allen Toussaint

#anywhere #being #else #geographical #get

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. ↗

— Earl Warren

#does #government #many #others #people

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison. ↗

— Simone Weil

#contrary #destination #idea #nothing #origin

There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong. ↗

— Peter Welch

#bad #common #common ground #confidence #disagree

Liberal progressivism evolved after our Constitution. It has repeatedly failed all over the world so why do we think it could be successful here in the United States of America? ↗

— Allen West

#america #constitution #could #evolved #failed

I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party. It's called the Congressional Progressive Caucus. ↗

— Allen West

#believe #called #caucus #communist #communist party

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic. ↗

— Allen West

#antithesis #constitutional #constitutional republic #liberal #progressive

I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress. ↗

— Maurice Wilkins

#general rule #going #i #make #mean