“No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.”

“Before you marry a person you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are.”

“Looking at them, it does not seem as though even progress in intellect, slow as that also is, made the pace very much more rapid. When we look at those whose intellect is scarcely developed, they seem after each day of life to sink to sleep almost on the place they occupied the day before; and when we glance over those who are more highly evolved so far as intellect is concerned, they too are travelling very very slowly, and seem to make small progress in each day of life.”

“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”

“The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them should be constant.”

“Progress is not an illusion; it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.”

“Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant. ”

“Oil remains fundamentally a government business. While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies, even though companies are anxious for greater access there, progress continues to be slow.”

“I think it is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.”

“In the works I paint [now] I can't see any guarantee that I shall make progress.... while better skilled people [artists] - even though their work does not seem so good at the moment - can move forward much more easily.”