Quotes about pro
proverbs reap shall sow
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
promise may
Never make a promise - you may have to keep it. Neil Jordan
profound chairs said
I am, I said to no one there and no one heard at all, not even a chair. Neil Diamond
problem easy solve
If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others. Neil deGrasse Tyson
program
The show [ StarTalk ] was born as a radio program out of a National Science Foundation grant.
profound cosmos purpose
To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would do the desiring? And what would a desired outcome be? That carbon-based life is inevitable? Or that sentient primates are life's neurological pinnacle? Are answers to these questions even possible without expressing a profound bias of human sentiment? Of course humans were not around to ask these questions for 99.9999% of cosmic history. So if the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.
problem
The problems with success, frankly, are infinitely preferable to the problems of failure. Neil Gaiman
problem
You don't fix the problem until you define it. John W. Snow
problem uncertain term
Problems are often stated in vague terms... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are. John von Neumann
promise our-society misery
If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery. John W. Gardner
progress looks wonder
I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction. John Steinbeck
promise campaigns levels
All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth. John Podhoretz
promise looks crosses
Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises John Piper
promise devil favors
Prosperity cannot be a proof of God's favor, since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him. (Matt. 4:9)
promise mind riches
Poverty hath slain a thousand, but riches have slain ten thousand. They are very uncertain, they promise that which they cannot perform, neither can they afford a contented mind. Martin Luther
promise looks
Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift .
promise pay attention
God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.
progress begin-again
To progress is always to begin always to begin again
procrastination waiting favors
Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
progress liberty assuming
[We] assume that social progress is like technological progress: one cannot uninvent the internal combustion engine, so how could one uninvent liberty? Mark Steyn
problem affordability rail
The main problem with rail is flexibility and affordability. Mark Noble
products
I've been good at product entrepreneuring. Mark Pincus
problem
I have what I guess is medically known as a farting problem. Nick Kroll
progress human-nature work-in-progress
Human nature is a work in progress. Nick Bostrom
progress way lasts
When we are headed the wrong way, the last thing we need is progress.
profit theory process
The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. Moses Mendelssohn
problem
The only problem is time. Seth MacFarlane
providence indifferent
It's better to have a malign providence than an indifferent one. Sebastian Faulks
problem creeds
My problems were not what ended Creed. Scott Stapp
promise world environment
We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate. Seth Godin
profit instigators kickstarter
Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.
progress path cliffs
Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isn’t particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills.
progress guessing foundation
Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress.