Anything is better than stagnation.
Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.
Could one start a Stagnation Party-which at General Elections would boast that during its term of office no event of the least importance had taken place?
If the Internet is worth its salt, it has to help arrest the forces that promote inequality, monopoly, hypercommercialism, corruption, depoliticization and stagnation.
No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon men pushing forward beyond the wisdom of their tutors.
Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation and leave their political supporters deeply disillusioned. You can't inflate away your troubles or allow mountains of debt to build up if, as a country, you have to make your living in a globally competitive environment. . . Building prosperity requires caution and patience. It requires time. Populism is a short cut that doesn't work.
For too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.
Stagnation is death. If you don't change, you die. It's that simple. It's that scary.
Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation.
Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.
Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.
Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.
A vampire is a flexible metaphor. You know, death, sex, change, stagnation, loss of self, loss of agency, having to keep one's real self secret, the possibility of something lasting forever: love, hate, grief.
Encourage innovation. Change is our lifeblood, stagnation our death knell.
That path leads ever down into stagnation.
Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.
American gentlemen are a cross between English and French men, and yet really altogether like neither. They are more refined and modest than Frenchmen, and less manly, shy, and rough, than Englishmen. Their brains are finer and flimsier, their bodies less robust and vigorous than ours. We are the finer animals, and they the subtler spirits. Their intellectual tendency is to excitement and insanity, and ours to stagnation and stupidity.
Humility means freedom. It provides growth and takes you out of the cycle of change that you are currently in, which is stagnation.
Tough times have always lent themselves to nativist sentiments and closed-door policies. But in the case of highly skilled immigrants, these policies are a recipe for stagnation.
Real median household incomes in the U. S. were basically the same in 1989 as in 2014. But we are also seeing similar challenges in the U. K. in the stagnation of real wages.