Quincy Jones

To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.

American Musician

Todd Gitlin

The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened.

American Sociologist

David Chase

The Sopranos' is filled with really retrograde humor. Bathroom humor, falls, stupid puns, bad jokes - infantile, adolescent stuff, but it makes me laugh.

American Writer

Faith Salie

Man cave' seems retrograde, but 'she shed' seems progressive. Or maybe it's just a place for me to eat embarrassing amounts of chocolate in private.

American Journalist

David Ricardo

The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.

British Economist

Johann Kaspar Lavater

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

German Theologian

Amiri Baraka

Spike Lee is part of a retrograde movement in this country.

American Poet

Edward Gibbon

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

English Historian

Use 'retrograde' to describe a situation that is deteriorating or worsening over time.

Negative Trend

A 'retrograde step' means a reversal in progress or a return to less advanced conditions.

Step Backward

Think of 'retrograde' as the opposite of progress or moving forward in any context.

Opposite Progress

'Retrograde' in astronomy refers to the apparent backward movement of a planet as seen from Earth.

Astronomical Event

In astronomy, 'retrograde' does not mean the planet changes its actual direction of motion.

Not Actual Motion

'Mercury retrograde' is often discussed in astrology and may infer communication mishaps.

Cultural References

Used as a verb, 'retrograde' means to physically move backward.

Physical Movement

In strategic contexts, 'retrograde' implies a planned move back rather than a defeat.

Retreat Strategically

Can describe the act of reversing previous decisions or returning to past positions.

Reversing Decisions

 and extrapolating truths from that; the stepping-stone method, which is to take a position, freeze it in your mind, and go from there to guess the next position. But one of my favorites that I love to solve these kind of chess puzzles, is called retrograde analysis.

Working backward to...

 if something doesn't work, let's go back. And you see it all over the world, that people, almost nobody in the political system today, has any future-oriented vision of where humankind is going. Almost everywhere, you see retrograde "Let's make America great again,"