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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
The future is itself a story, and predictions are stories we tell to amaze ourselves, to give hope to the desperate, to jolt the complacent.
As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.
For an actor with his experience, Kamal Haasan's never shown a complacent 'Been there; done it' attitude.
I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get complacent in that.
Now I have a third must-do on my list of things to do with cancer, and it's this: follow your gut, ask questions, don't be complacent.
I hope I never get complacent and continue to give my 100% to every film I make.
My mother has all my awards, because if I walked downstairs every day and saw all my achievements it would be so easy to become complacent.
We don't want Welsh rugby to be seen as healthy or upbeat. If we think that, we could become complacent or stagnate.
Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think politicians can afford to be complacent.
Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent.
What is even more worrying still is George Osborne's breathtakingly complacent response to today's figures. This is a Chancellor who is in total denial.
If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.
The growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.
I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously.
It's unfathomable that Twitter would be so brazenly complacent, allowing Hamas to use its platform as a terror command and communications center of dangerous propaganda.
I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get
complacent.
You cannot get complacent because there's someone out there working harder than you. So you got to keep pushing yourself to be an elite player.
We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.
I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.
If a person is too 'satisfied', then he might become complacent, not work so hard to get ahead.
This is a strange, little, complacent country [Switzerland], in many ways a USA in miniature but of course nearer the center of disturbance!
I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously.
Every day, you try to get better, and I don't think I'll ever be complacent and happy with where I am, no matter what.
I've trained with trainers in L.A., and they get complacent. They're used to dealing with celebrity egos, so they cotton-wool you a bit.
It was going to be so much fun dragging his complacent sexual views out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary.
I never thought I would get a National Award. For me, it was huge, and I got complacent.
A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.
There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
I like extremes. I like to change things up and keep from getting complacent or stale.
I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.
I do not believe that the majority of men in the world would like to hurt women, but they can be very complacent, and that is just as bad.
I wake up every morning excited. Rather than become complacent or overwhelmed, I've made a choice for life - and I can do something about it.
Kobe never got complacent. He always wanted more. And I think, ultimately, that's going to be his legacy.
I feel like you gotta stay humble and keep working hard, never get complacent or satisfied.
A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
No country can be complacent in making sure that excessive debt of the household doesn't create excesses and weaknesses in the financial system. Everything is interconnected.
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.
Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and forget all of your previous prosperity.
It's useful for activists just to be out there to keep you mindful and not get complacent, even if ultimately you think some of their criticism is misguided.
I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is.
I feel like it's dangerous to get complacent and celebrate too much... You can't get comfortable.
For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.
I've never been one to stay in a complacent place where I just let the grass grow around me.
I think it's important, no matter your profession, to never become complacent and always strive for greatness.
You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
Fat is mainstream, which is why everyone has become complacent. What used to be considered pudgy before isn't even worthy of a comment today.
I don't think there's any danger of my ever becoming complacent about losing. I always hated to lose, regardless of what it was, even when the family was playing Yahtzee.
No person should become complacent by his/her work and think that he/she has done their best.
For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
In some ways, the audience becomes complacent when they go to a horror film. And so it's fun to take that attitude and then to upend it.
To hear the Conservatives issue a command that all Leave voters must vote Tory, this seems insultingly complacent.
You have to adapt yourself to the changing times. There is no other way. You must keep up with what's happening around you. You afford to be complacent on that front at all. Otherwise you won't be relevant.
Dreams of a Life' and 'Fresh Meat' have left me on such a high. I'm not complaining but I'm not complacent either.
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.
I can't do only goody-goody roles. I can't be complacent, I have to play characters in different genres.
It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
Oftentimes, successful brands can lose discipline or become complacent over time, applying less rigor to the cost control and returns on investment.
