Best 1401 quotes in «development quotes» category

The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.

The traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments.

The tremendous and still accelerating development of science and technology has not been accompanied by an equal development in social, economic and political patterns …it is safe to predict that… such social inventions as modern-type capitalism, facism and communism will be regarded as primitive experiments directed towards the adjustment of modern society to modern methods

The truest success is but the development of self.

The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.

The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy.

The value of any experience is measured, of course, not by the amount of money, but the amount of development we get out of it.

The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture

The very metaphor Paul chooses for this decisive moment in his argument shows that what he has in mind is not the unmaking of creation or simply its steady development, but the drastic and dramatic birth of new creation from the womb of the old.

The way in which a society organizes the life of its members ... is one "project" of realization among others. But once the project has become operative in the basic institutions and relations, it tends to become exclusive and to determine the development of the society as a whole.

The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect.

The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course.

The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery ... As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of science.

The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child.

The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.

The world got side-tracked from development issues during the post-9/11 crisis period.

The world may hold startling developments and shocking unknowns.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.

This is the most important aviation development since Lindbergh's flight. In one fell swoop, we have shrunken the earth.

The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.

This heinous crime should be of particular concern to all of us. . . . I know my colleagues will agree that the murder of Americans overseas cannot go unpunished. I will continue to closely follow developments in this case[.]

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

This is what aesthetics, development and progress depend upon: that we go out on thin ice.

Things are both getting better and getting worse. The madness is accelerating but an acceleration of the new consciousness is also coming in. However, this latter development is less apparent when you listen to the media. The media still mostly reflects what is happening in the sphere of the old consciousness.

This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.

This is what evolution means--ordered progress; development from poorer to richer, from lower to higher, from less to greater--progress. In the material universe, progress to higher forms; in the moral universe, progress to higher life.

This massive ascendancy of corporate power over democratic process is probably the most ominous development since the end of World War II, and for the most part "the free world" seems to be regarding it as merely normal.

This poem is one of a series, all of them elegiac in intention, and subject to the strange forces of mourning that let loose illogical developments, into impossible configurations of thought. The poem is built of non-sequiturs, because that's what's left in the wake of the death. We cannot follow the dead, whether they are persons or ideas. Instead we remain, but in a situation that, in their absence, makes no sense.

This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.

Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but also you will possess a fixed base, an invariant pattern, opening upon all further developments of understanding.

Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct.

Three women were brought to the Singapore General Hospital, each in the same condition and needing a blood transfusion. The first, a Southeast Asian was given the transfusion but died a few hours later. The second, a South Asian was also given a transfusion but died a few days later. The third, an East Asian, was given a transfusion and survived. That is the X factor in development.

Those who cannot remember the pastare condemned to repeat it. or: Those who have never heard of good system development practice are condemned to reinvent it.

Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look for more human-scale, ecological ways of living.

Through Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, we want to give impetus to Demand driven development model instead of Supply driven development model. Let the villages say what has to be done, and what not.

To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin.

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

To achieve progress and development it is necessary to bring about co-ordination between liberty and security through Devotion.

Today, the worst conflicts, the most deep-rooted violence, and those likely to emerge in the coming years are due to disparities in development.

To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.

Toby Tyrrell unravels the various formulations of Gaia and explains how recent scientific developments bring the hypothesis into question. His criticisms are insightful, profound, and convincing, but fair. On Gaia is wonderfully informative and a pleasure to read.

To feel the meaning of what one is doing, and to rejoice in that meaning; to unite in one concurrent fact the unfolding of the inner life and the ordered development of material conditions--that is art.

To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills.

To realize lasting peace and sustainable development in human society, members of the international community have to cooperate with one another fully and make concerted efforts.

Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.

To see a promising solution to a dilemma and then just leave it to questionable development at its own pace without trying to aid its implementation would seem a dereliction.

To sin is to be off the mark, that is, to inhibit development, contracting backward into regression rather than expanding forward into growth.

Trying to apply formal methods to all software projects is just as bad as trying to apply code-and-fix development to all projects.

True development must be in harmony with the needs of people and the rhythms of the natural world.