“How can you shorten the subject? That stern struggle with the multiplication table, for many people not yet ended in victory, how can you make it less? Square root, as obdurate as a hardwood stump in a pasturenothing but years of effort can extract it. You can't hurry the process. Or pass from arithmetic to algebra; you can't shoulder your way past quadratic equations or ripple through the binomial theorem. Instead, the other way; your feet are impeded in the tangled growth, your pace slackens, you sink and fall somewhere near the binomial theorem with the calculus in sight on the horizon.” PeopleWayYearsPastFallProcessGrowthEffortStruggleFeetSubjectsVictoryRootsSightMathematicsTablesMathShouldersMathematicalHorizonPaceSquaresEquationsRippleArithmeticAlgebraTangledCalculusTheoremsMultiplicationStumpsSquare RootsHardwoodQuadraticsQuadratic Equation Author:Stephen Leacock
“Unfortunately, the current pace of progress is not nearly rapid enough, with many rich industrialised countries being slow to make the transition to cleaner and more efficient forms of economic growth.” CountryEnoughFormGrowthRichProgressEconomicClimate ChangeCurrentsTransitionPaceEfficientRapidsEconomic GrowthCleaners Author:Nicholas Stern
“Even in developing markets, we're seeing the growth of digital communication is proceeding at a very rapid pace.” GrowthSeeingCommunicationDevelopingDigitalPaceRapidsProceeding Author:Irene Rosenfeld
“You'll see that excuses like "That's not easy" are of no value and that it pays to "push through it" at a pace you can handle. Like getting physically fit, the most important thing is that you keep moving forward at whatever pace you choose, recognizing the consequences of your actions.” LifeImportantActionMovingValuesEasyGrowthPayFitConsequenceImportant ThingsPersonal GrowthInvestingExcuseHandleMoving ForwardPaceYou ChooseRecognizingKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardPhysically Fit Author:Ray Dalio
“I think that in the last eight years, we were averaging economic growth of about 2 percent. It's not good. It's very slow. It's a slow pace. People are expecting that pace to continue if Hillary Clinton becomes president.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsLastsGrowthPresidentEconomicPercentClintonEightPaceExpectingEconomic Growth Author:Maria Bartiromo