Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery.
What regresses, never progresses.
Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone, because this dominant, which is naturally contained within the harmony of the main tone, seems, when it progresses to it, to return as if to its source.
Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that company and we are partly responsible for how that company progresses. If we believe there is something going wrong with the company, then we, as shareholders, must become active and vocal.
As the season progresses, it's like the doors open up to all the different worlds that were teased about in the pilot.
I occasionally get glimpses, but I have to reprioritize, because that's how it naturally progresses - things like family, responsibilities, and your job all take precedent.
I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses.
As civilization progresses, we should improve our laws basically, not superficially. Many things that are lawful are highly immoral and some things which are moral are unlawful.
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
No matter how far society “progresses,” our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.
In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film.
Humanity's moral conscience progresses, slowly yet surely.
[Man] progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.
Even though the world as a whole progresses, youth must always start again from the beginning, and as individuals go through the epochs of the world's culture.
As you develop, the people around you develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.
Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is.
The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place.
As your career progresses, you hope that you get some more opportunity, or some more choice.
World views are social constructions and they channel the search for facts. But facts are found and knowledge progresses, however fitfully.
The world progresses only through misunderstanding.
