Progress
Carl Sagan on Intelligence
“The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
Don Marquis on Progress
“The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.”
Arthur C. Clarke on Technology
“At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved – if it can be achieved at all – within the next few hundred years.”
Robert Heinlein on Progress
“Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
Alan Turing on Technology
“Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.”
Peter Borden on Science
“Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields.”
George Santayana on Progress
“Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.”