Future Shock Toffler Quotes & Sayings

Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. — Alvin Toffler

I've learned that history is the autobiography of the historian, that ignoring the past is the act of a fool, and that loyalty does not mean falling into line, but stepping out of it for the people you love. — Annie Barrows

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

Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock. — Alvin Toffler

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

I was a swimmer growing up. I was a miler - like long, long distance. So I was in the water for four or five hours a day. That's not the way you want to spend your teenage years. — Scott Speedman

To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots - religion, nation, community, family, or profession - are now shaking under the hurricane impact of the accelerative thrust. It is no longer resources that limit decisions, it is the decision that makes the resources. — Alvin Toffler

Raising the traditional and early retirement ages will mean extending workers' taxable earning years, fueling economic growth and putting a dent in our unfunded-liabilities crisis by delaying payouts. — Michelle Malkin

Happy people rarely correct their faults; they consider themselves vindicated, since fortune endorses their evil ways. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The state's exclusive claim to violence to uphold its rule of law is, according to many, the very essence of statehood. For instance, in 1919, the eminent German sociologist Max Weber defined the state as "a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory."6 This definition remains widely used today, and states that cannot maintain a monopoly of force and endure civil war or frequent violent crime are routinely described as "weak," "fragile," or "failed" states. — Sean McFate

Music is the occult metaphysical exercise of a soul not knowing
that it philosophizes. — Arthur Schopenhauer

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning. — Aunjanue Ellis

Information overload will lead to 'future shock syndrome' as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances. — Alvin Toffler

Are you one of his teammates?"
"Yeah," Adam said, and it wasn't a lie because according to some people, both he and Tony were playing for the other team. Which made them teammates of a sort. — Suzanne Brockmann

I consider myself a very lucky man indeed. — Eric Stoltz

The body is the temple; the jiva is God (Siva). If one worships him with the 'I am He' thought, one will gain release. — Ramana Maharshi

I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart. — Randeep Hooda

An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation. — Plato

The eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece ... — Miguel De Cervantes

Stock prices are likely to be among the prices that are relatively vulnerable to purely social movements because there is no accepted theory by which to understand the worth of stocks ... investors have no model or at best a very incomplete model of behavior of prices, dividend, or earnings, of speculative assets. — Robert J. Shiller

Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. — Alvin Toffler