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Alvin Toffler Quotes

Alvin Toffler quotes

American Author October 4, 1928

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Alvin Toffler quote: "Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life."
Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life. Alvin Toffler
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
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
The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they - at some distant point in the future - will take over the reigns. Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely... because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems... Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "The great growling engine of change - technology."
The great growling engine of change - technology. Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this..."
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot..."
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
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
Alvin Toffler quote: "The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from..."
The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46. Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "The illiterate of the 21st Century are not those who cannot..."
The illiterate of the 21st Century are not those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur."
Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "Knowledge is the most democratic source of power."
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "I work virtually every waking hour."
I work virtually every waking hour. Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler quote: "Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and..."
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate. Alvin Toffler
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

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