#progress

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' ↗

— Colin Powell

#being #black #come #i #longer

Well, the important message that we've always carried to China is that we look forward to your progress and prosperity, we look forward to you playing a role in the progress and prosperity of this region and we look forward to stability in your relations with others. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#carried #china #forward #important #important message

You are slowly developing some multinationals of your own. We certainly hope that some of them will look in this direction when they look for opportunities because the progress of Southeast Asia is important to China, just as China's progress is important to us. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#because #certainly #china #developing #direction

We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy. ↗

— Rodrigo Rato

#american economy #believe #carry #consequence #economy

I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#enough #fortunate #guys #heavyweights #i

The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#eat #effort #every #except #federal

The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion. ↗

— Elihu Root

#continually #force #increasing #least #line

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#even #i #lesbian #life #me

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#empty #huey #lies #making #ourselves

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move! ↗

— Edgar Cayce

#forward #going #move #progress #thing