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Alvin Toffler Quotes

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution Picture Quote #1

The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order Picture Quote #1

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power Picture Quote #1

I work virtually every waking hour Picture Quote #1

The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing. It counteracts fanaticism. It grants even to adversaries the possibility of partial truth, and to oneself the possibility of error Picture Quote #1

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn Picture Quote #1

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Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur Picture Quote #1

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition Picture Quote #1

Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock Picture Quote #1

Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it Picture Quote #1

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together Picture Quote #1

If you have the right knowledge you can substitute it for all the other facts of production Picture Quote #1

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We need people who can see straight ahead and deep into the problems. Those are the experts. But we also need peripheral vision and experts are generally not very good at providing peripheral vision Picture Quote #1

By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism Picture Quote #1

If you don’t have a strategy, you’re part of someone else’s strategy Picture Quote #1

The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday’s success Picture Quote #1

Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it... to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition Picture Quote #1

The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow’s worldwide struggle for power in every human institution Picture Quote #1

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If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse Picture Quote #1

In describing today’s accelerating changes, the media fire blips of unrelated information at us. Experts bury us under mountains of narrowly specialized monographs. Popular forecasters present lists of unrelated trends, without any model to show us their interconnections or the forces likely to reverse them. As a result, change itself comes to be seen as anarchic, even lunatic Picture Quote #1

My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace Picture Quote #1

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time Picture Quote #1

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment Picture Quote #1

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them Picture Quote #1

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You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction Picture Quote #1

In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can’t read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again Picture Quote #1

Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change... we are in collision with tomorrow Picture Quote #1

The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46 Picture Quote #1

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It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution (Alvin Toffler Quotes) The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Knowledge is the most democratic source of power (Alvin Toffler Quotes) I work virtually every waking hour (Alvin Toffler Quotes) The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing. It counteracts fanaticism. It grants even to adversaries the possibility of partial truth, and to oneself the possibility of error (Alvin Toffler Quotes) The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur (Alvin Toffler Quotes) One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it (Alvin Toffler Quotes) The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together (Alvin Toffler Quotes) If you have the right knowledge you can substitute it for all the other facts of production (Alvin Toffler Quotes) We need people who can see straight ahead and deep into the problems. Those are the experts. But we also need peripheral vision and experts are generally not very good at providing peripheral vision (Alvin Toffler Quotes) By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism (Alvin Toffler Quotes) If you don’t have a strategy, you’re part of someone else’s strategy (Alvin Toffler Quotes) The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday’s success (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it... to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition (Alvin Toffler Quotes) The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow’s worldwide struggle for power in every human institution (Alvin Toffler Quotes) If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse (Alvin Toffler Quotes) In describing today’s accelerating changes, the media fire blips of unrelated information at us. Experts bury us under mountains of narrowly specialized monographs. Popular forecasters present lists of unrelated trends, without any model to show us their interconnections or the forces likely to reverse them. As a result, change itself comes to be seen as anarchic, even lunatic (Alvin Toffler Quotes) My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time (Alvin Toffler Quotes) You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them (Alvin Toffler Quotes) You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction (Alvin Toffler Quotes) In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can’t read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again (Alvin Toffler Quotes) Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change... we are in collision with tomorrow (Alvin Toffler Quotes) The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46 (Alvin Toffler Quotes)

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