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Change Quotes


"But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you."


"In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be."


"In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topology is the property of something that doesn't change when you bend it or stretch it as long as you don't break anything."


"Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics."



"The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change."


"There are times in life when the best part of our life and the worst part seemingly coincide, especially those periods that demark commencement of significant personal transformation."


"Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press release to put out to sort of restate the obvious. They're both problem countries; we know that. And this doesn't change anything."


"Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better."


"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."


"My background is in hardware design. I found hardware work to be a welcome change from thousands of hours of programming and that led to the designs you mentioned."


"Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place."


"In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy."


"I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person."



"I didn't know you had to change diapers so often. I couldn't believe it - we must change them 10 times a day - each. So that's 20 diapers a piece a day."


"Stop fighting yourself and accept where you are in life. Let this time in your life motivate you to let go of all of the things that are holding you back."


"We will have to continue to improve our human intelligence system-something that was, unfortunately, lacking in the years which led up to September 11. This is going to be a continuing process of change."


"Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action."


"I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we've got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California."


"The roles for South Asians may have increased by a decent number but there has been a negligible change in the quality of these roles. We still have to fight stereotypes. Fortunately, I've had the priviledge of working with people who look beyond the color of your skin."


"The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."


"I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change."


"I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls."


"I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head."



"Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality."


"Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable."


"I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person."


"I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."


"The cool part about working for Disney is that they've allowed me to be a change agent."
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