The best Quotes by Havelock Ellis

The best Quotes by Havelock Ellis

Henry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939) was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
'Charm' - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.
Every artist writes his own autobiography.

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Ich gehe langsam, aber ich gehe nie zurück.
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Without progress there will be stagnation and decay. There again, progress for progress's sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering. A balance, then, between old and new, between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation.
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We keep moving forward, opening new doors... because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
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In a world that's changing so quickly, you're guaranteed to fail if you don't take any risks.
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO)
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I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us.
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It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet.
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For a bunch of hairless apes, we've actually managed to invent some pretty incredible things.
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[Sarif Ending - Pro Augmentation]
It's in our Nature to want to rise above our limits. Think about it. We were cold, so we harnessed fire. We were weak, so we invented tools. Every time we met an obstacle, we used creativity and ingenuity to overcome it. The cycle is inevitable... but will the outcome always be good? I guess that will depend on how we approach it.
Adam Jensen in Deus Ex - Human Revolution
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If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do - you have to keep moving forward.
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Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
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It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.
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Just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved.
Shuri in Black Panther
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I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.
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The only way to grow is to challenge yourself.
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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
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I suppose people of our generation aren't able to die for good causes any longer. We had all that done for us, in the thirties and the forties, when we were still kids. There aren't any good, brave causes left.
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True nobility lies not in being superior to another man, but being superior to one's previous self.
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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
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That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
Neil Armstrong - first manned landing on the moon (July 20th 1969)
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
Albert Einstein - Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007)
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Every day sees humanity more victorious in the struggle with space and time.
People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed.
William Gibson - December 2003
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Progress has always been perilous. Once we were freezing and so we made fires. Sometimes our houses burned down and sometimes even whole villages. But we would never revert to the life we had without fire. Same thing goes for cars. Hundreds of people die in traffic every year. So we make safer cars, we don't go back to horses and carriages.
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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.
You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
My parents were my worst audience.
I think a night like tonight shows a lot of young girls and young boys that if you can shoot you can shoot. It doesn't matter if you're a girl or a boy, I think it just matters the heart that you have and wanting to be the best that you can be.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2024
I'm looking to do everything that I possibly can to get better in every aspect, whether that's scoring, defending, rebounding, passing, i'm really just excited to be playing against professionals and learning from them and just seeing where that takes me.
Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.
Stephen Curry - February 2024
I grew up watching Kobe Bryant game after game, ring after ring, living his greatness without apology.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2020

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