Quotes Tagged "backwards"

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change.

More times than not, going backwards is a necessary part of going forwards.

The days passed. Viveca waited. Waited and slept. Every morning when she woke up, she felt a little brighter. She felt stronger, and when she caught her reflection in the mirror, she looked younger. And the hands of the clock kept on moving backwards, and in the end Viveca began to suspect what was happening in this house of stone: Time was moving backwards!

Life cannot be lived backwards. But our memories make up for that by making some moments truly unforgettable!

When societies go backwards and slide into authoritarianism, nationalism, and tribalism, machismo and sexism are also emboldened.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.

IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.

Minorities have been hustling backwards from check to check.