Gradual Quotes

• The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated equilibrium: a stately wobbling, then a sudden tipping point. There was plenty of warning, I suppose. We just weren’t paying attention.

  

  Elizabeth Bear
  • Attention
  • Supposed
  • Equilibrium

• A truly English protest march would see us all chanting: 'What do we want? GRADUAL CHANGE! When do we want it? IN DUE COURSE!

  

  Kate Fox
  • Change
  • English
  • Gradual

• The plausible outcomes range from the gradual and benign to the more precipitous and damaging.

  

  Timothy Geithner
  • Outcomes
  • Range
  • Damaging