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Developments Quotes

On progress, forecasting, and staying ahead.

These quotes look at how hard it is to predict future developments, whether in oil economics, network security, or genetic science, and how Business leaders try to plan around that uncertainty anyway.

The work requires a moderately large investment in technological and theoretical developments and long periods of time to carry them out, without the pressure to achieve quick or short term results.

Quotes by Aaron Klug

There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of aggregated capital to serve civilization, and that the new developments will be made right here in America.

Quotes by William Graham Sumner

When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved...

Quotes by Vince Cable

We have artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D-printing, robotics and nanotechnology that have changed the face of modern medicine. It is essential for Indian doctors to familiarise themselves with the latest developments to be able to control technology and...

Quotes by Tamilisai Soundararajan

Business Quotes

I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable. That's the fun of it: discovering what's next. I'm often surprised by plot developments I would not have...

Quotes by Susan Choi

Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Technological developments are changing the way we live, and there is much talk of digitalisation and the disruptive business models enabled by smart phones, tablets, computers, and the 'Internet of things.'

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that, we were involved in a game with the censors. That was our struggle.

Quotes by Ryszard Kapuscinski

The way that Soviet intelligence tried to reshape the balance of power in the Middle East is essential to understand the developments that led to the outbreak of the Six-Day War.

Quotes by Ronen Bergman

Intelligence Quotes

My first show at MoMA in New York was pictures of new developments along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. They were housing developments that were brutal in many ways, that cared almost not a thing for the human...

Quotes by Robert Adams

People are always asking for the latest developments in the unification of this theory with that theory, and they don't give us a chance to tell them anything about one of the theories that we know pretty well. They always...

Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

I think a lot of developments start with the desire of the developer to get what he really wants so that he can use it. It's not just the technical fascination or the business opportunity.

Quotes by Ray Dolby

I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the...

Quotes by Nick Rhodes

Opinion polls often suffer on account of unexpected developments once the electoral process starts, such as the death of a political leader (as in the case of the late Rajiv Gandhi).

Quotes by N. Bhaskara Rao

Know Quotes

Certain media-related developments in the country are raising questions regarding its objectivity and credibility. Paid news and the declining roles of the editors and their editorial freedom is posing a major threat to the Indian media.

Quotes by Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care.

Quotes by Miriam Defensor-Santiago

So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly...

Quotes by Mike Wilson

Few developments central to the history of art have been so misrepresented or misunderstood as the brief, brave, glorious, doomed life of the Bauhaus - the epochally influential German art, architecture, crafts, and design school that was founded in Goethe's...

Quotes by Martin Filler

The Wellcome Trust will retain a level of financial flexibility which will enable us to react quickly to unexpected developments and new ideas.

Quotes by Mark Walport

Life Quotes

The possibility of observing the developments of the psychical life of the child as natural phenomena and experimental reactions transforms the school itself in action into a kind of scientific laboratory for the psychogenetic study of man.

Quotes by Maria Montessori

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of "developments" appear in these quotes?
These quotes cover developments in economics, technology, and science—predicting future trends, tracking capital growth, and marveling at how quickly genetic science has advanced.
Is there a quote about predicting the future?
Yes, one quote recalls a job forecasting economic trends and being reminded of a saying that anyone who claims they can predict what's coming is lying, even when they eventually turn out right.
What does a quote say about business and capital growth?
One quote reflects on how growing capital investment will keep driving new advances, expecting much of that progress to happen close to home.
How does one quote reflect on scientific progress?
Yes, one quote expresses long-standing fascination with genetic science and amazement at how far it has come within one lifetime.
Where can I find more quotes about business trends specifically?
The Business quotes page pairs naturally with this collection.

Some lines celebrate how remarkable recent scientific developments have been, while others simply admit that forecasting the future is a humbling exercise. Browse our Intelligence and Know quotes for more.