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Change Quotes
"Every living object has to change every moment just to live."
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"One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before."
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"Impermanence means that everything changes and that nothing remains the same in any consecutive moments. And although things change every moment, they still cannot be accurately described as the same or as different from what they were a moment ago."
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"Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing."
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"But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing."
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"Drawing on President Bush's reform plan, which would allow citizens to transfer part of their Social Security contributions into personal accounts, an alteration of the current system is needed to make necessary change."
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"Guilt cannot change you, it can only hint that there's something worth your effort to change."
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"Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment."
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"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
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"Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity."
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"Change is the most beneficial power available to you, simply change the things you don't like, replacing them with your true desires."
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"Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the French, they've got a president or something. The Brits, maybe, or the Swedes. You know what I mean?""No, Matthew. What do they say?""The king is dead, that's what they say. The king is dead. Long live the king."
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"I believe the anthropogenic effect for climate change is still only one of the hypotheses to explain the variability of climate."
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"But it is not your own Shire,' said Gildor. 'Others dwelt here before hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when hobbits are no more. The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out."
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"By changing how you perceive things and how you act upon those perceptions, you will change your life."
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"So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect."
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"Change is difficult, since it challenges the status quo."
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"Change in thinking + shift in perspective = change in your life."
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"When your world gets stripped down to nothing you may feel empty and naked-but this is when your space can be filled with what is new, and maybe even upgraded."
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"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide."
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"Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change."
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"In your winter you deny your spring."
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"Some people love their story that much even if it's of their own misery, even if it ties them to unhappiness, or they don't know how to stop telling it. Maybe it's about loving coherence more than comfort, but it might also be about fear-you have to die a little to be reborn, and death comes first, the death of a story, a familiar version of yourself."
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"It was a strange business and it made a sad and curious impression on me; everything that had belonged to me in these earlier years of my life left me, was alien and lost to me. I suddenly saw how sad and artificial my life had been during this period, for the loves, friends, habits and pleasures of these years were discarded like badly fitting clothes. I parted from them without pain and all that remained was to wonder that I could have endured them so long."
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"Nobody chooses to evolve. It's like floods and avalanches and earthquakes. You never know what's happening until they hit, then it's too late."
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"Once again we have misleading climate change pronouncements being based on data errors, data errors detected by non-UN, non-IPCC, non-peer-reviewed external observers. This is exactly what happens when you base your arguments on 'consensus science' and not scientific fact."
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"Consciousness is only possible through change, change is only possible through movement."
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"Change shouldn't be treated as a singular occurrence when it is an ongoing, continued process and dynamic capability within the organization."
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"We do not merely destroy our enemies, we change them."
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"No matter which path you are on, always do this: Question your path! If you are on the wrong path, change it; no matter on which mile of the road, change it! Till you find the right path, change all the paths!"
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"What worked yesterday doesn't always work today."
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"Fight for change? Thirst for difference?Start talking what men avoid talking about."
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"I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification."
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