Gradual Quotes

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It was a gradual rise that started on SNL. I went from being the guy who did the cheer-leading thing, to the guy who plays the president to, `Hey, that`s Will Ferrell!` I saw that happen then in terms of films, and it was really Old School (2003) that got me a real lead part. It was a scary thing when I left SNL (in 2003), but then Old School came out, and then Elf happened the same year, and now Talledega Nights.

- Will Ferrell

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that`s part of the reason why I`ve had longevity.

- Lenny Kravitz

I`m kind of slowly becoming a star. I`ve kept my sanity. I`ve learned along the way, all these months that I`ve been here and slowly doing interviews and the suit picture getting released on the Internet-all this has come very gradual, which has really helped me to get it straight in my head and not go over the top. I know that that`s a minuscule amount of exposure that`s going to happen. It`s going to be all over the place and it`s going to become ridiculous at some point. The other thing that I realize is that it`s not me so much as the character and the icon of Superman.

- Brandon Routh

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

- James Madison

The only way to get 520,000 men home - men who had been practically sneaked into Vietnam in the first place - was to make the decision to mine Haiphong Harbor. President (Richard Nixon) had the courage to make that decision, and when the other side started using prisoners of war as pawns, he had to make the awesome decision to bomb Hanoi. Which he did, and then he brought our prisoners of war home. Richard Nixon and I have had a long acquaintance. I respected him as a goodly man - winning or losing - over the years, and I think he should be standing in the crowning glory today for his accomplishments. Instead, they`ve chosen to blame him for the gradual growth of hypocrisy and individual ambition that have made our political system distasteful to the public.

- John Wayne

There`s always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.

- Gavin DeGraw

I found myself facing a Christian Science Reading Room. My God! It had been eight years. There had never been any renunciation of religion on my part, but like so many people, it was a gradual fading away.

- Henry Fonda

What we`ve seen over the past few months is a very gradual recovery in retail sales. We`re likely to see a continued recovery in coming months, but nothing dramatic.

- Michael Penn

Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with them in getting them to come forward to get help.

- Marion Ross

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

- Pat Riley

Semiconductor vendors remain conservative in their investment plans, which is enabling a continued gradual decline in supply-chain inventory levels and incremental improvement in manufacturing capacity utilization rates.

- Richard Gordon

(Increased interest rates might also mean a smaller pay raise as well as a more gradual increase in the value of your investments. But slower may be surer.) In the late 1970s and early 1980s, people were getting 10 percent pay raises, ... But housing prices were going up 12 to 15 percent, and so were cars.

- David Orr

The survey shows a gradual decrease in drug trends that began about four years ago. Drug trends, which have traditionally been higher than medical trends, are now almost the same. However, we anticipate drug trends to grow again in the next several years, due to the introduction of new innovative therapies into the marketplace.

- Michael Jacobs

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.

- Bill Rodgers

Actually, it looks a lot harder than it is. It has a very gradual incline.

- Kelly Klein

Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture.

- Aaron Sandel

I began to have an idea of my life, not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.

- Adair Lara

The very gradual character of the changes of the body also contributes to the stability of the ego, but in a much less degree than people imagine.

- Alejandro Moreno

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.

- Alejandro Queral

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

- Alex Garwood

All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero.

- Allan Walsh

He sees death in convicted thieves, the burglars, the muggers, the con men, the pimps, a death imposed by law, the gradual death of confinement behind bars.

- Anton Gunawan

President Bush has made some statements suggesting the US would accept whatever democratic outcome comes. Should the US be willing to do that, it suggests a major change in their position. But I think it is a little premature to assume that any real decision has been made. I think what they -- in the US administration -- are hoping for is a more gradual reform process in the Arab world, a more gradual expansion of political participation which Islamist groups do not use as an opportunity to come to power. So while I think there has been a shift in the US Middle East policy we will all have to wait to see how great that shift has been.

- Antowain Smith

There`s a gradual feeling that the ECB is closer to raising rates than first thought,

- Augie Ojeda