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“New methods change the experience, and new experiences change man. Whenever we hear sounds, we are changed, we are no longer the same, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds; music.”
Karlheinz Stockhausen (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no change in infinite (khahara) figure if something is added to or subtracted from it. It is like: there is no change in the infinite Lord Vishnu due to the dissolution or creation of abounding living beings.”
Bhāskara II (1114–1185) said by 1185 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189
“A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.”
A. P. Herbert (1890–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing and inventing new things is great. That's what we like to do. (Australia, 2002).”
Anthony Kiedis (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our Real Self is a ceaseless, ever-changing, and vital expression of eternal energies, even though this timeless nature remains veiled from us because of our present level of consciousness.”
Guy Finley (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sexy for me is a curvy woman — doesn't have to be skinny, which I hate anyway. I'm glad [the fashion industry] is changing slowly a little bit now to get more into the boobs and hips again.”
Heidi Klum (born 1973) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In an interview for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Special 1998.
“'I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.”
Thabo Mbeki (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I thought that the evidence against your claims about me would shame you into changing your behavior. But, five years since you started misrepresenting my role in the founding of Wikipedia, you're still at it.”
Larry Sanger (born 1968) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An open letter to Jimmy Wales" Citizendium.org (April 8, 2009).
“If the Associated Press and the like suddenly changing the rules of capitalization to make clear who are the Good Guys and who are the Bad Guys seems childish, well, it is childish. And that’s a key point to understanding the development of anti-whiteism. Wokeness is a puerile, lowbrow, greed-driven, racist tantrum.”
Steve Sailer (born 1958) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Chronicles, May 1, 2024
“the circle of politicians which surrounded him--flatterers, eventual profiteers, changed ideas and convictions like changing a shirt, followed the expediency of the moment. p245”
Fernando Sabino (1923–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing what you want to get done takes a second. Recalibrating & getting the new thing to happen is a martial art.”
David Allen (born 1945) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 7 December 2011
“If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.”
M. H. Abrams (1912–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They’d met three years ago at a record launch party when Hilary had made a pass at her. Once they got past the fact that Zoe preferred men and wasn’t planning on changing that preference, they discovered that they had far too much in common not to be good friends.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can give music variation without changing the notes. When you get close to a piece there will inevitable be tinkering. I sometimes wonder if concert pianists expend so much effort and energy finding new ways to interpret that what they really need is some more direct form of self-expression.”
Joanna MacGregor (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I find myself lined up with the surrealists because Surrealism means freedom for the creative side of man, for surprise & discovery & life, for an opening out & widening of mans consciousness, for changing life & against conserving worn out traditions, for variety not a uniformity, for opening not closing.”
Henry Moore (1898–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have lived and loved together Through many changing years; We have shared each other's gladness, And wept each other's tears.”
Charles Jefferys (1807–1865) said by 1865 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We have lived and loved together, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The emphasis of the men’s group was on understanding, coping, changing the situation and then, if all else failed, getting out; the emphasis of battered women’s groups is on getting out first, and second, locking up the problem (the man).”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a boy drives down the serpentine road of mental health, feeling depressed and isolated because he feels no one who knows the real him loves him, no one needs him, and there’s no hope of that changing, he may one day find a cliff and drive off.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see what Gene is driving at. To dream of changing the whole universe in accordance with a set of local preconceptions!...Oh, it’s ridiculous!” “A missionary,” Gene repeated with a solemn nod. “By definition: a person who does without intending it more harm than good.”
John Brunner (1934–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A civilization is complicated, in the first place, because it is dynamic; that is, it is constantly changing in the passage of time, until it has perished.”
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year.”
Edwin H. Land (1909–1991) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to Polaroid Corporation employes (25 June 1958), as quoted in Insisting on the Impossible : The Life of Edwin Land (1998) by Victor K. McElheny, p. 189
“It struck Lacy that she didn’t really know what color a chameleon was before it started changing.”
Jodi Picoult (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The wind came steadily, like the rushing of a great cataract heard at a great distance, but the noises of the sea were continually changing, rising and falling, with the stupendous modulations of an orchestra played by giants.”
Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984) first seen 1924 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Landing", from Spring Sowing (1924; New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926) p. 70
“A national polity is not the creation of a single brain or of a royal commission of brains, but grows with the growth and strengthens with the strength of the nation; cannot be changed without changing much of the spirit of the people, and is strong in proportion to the distinctness of its continuity.”
William Stubbs (1825–1901) said by 1901 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Definition of design = Everyone designs who devise courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. The intellectual activity that produces material artifacts is no different fundamentally from the one that prescribes remedies for a sick patient or the one that devises a new sales plan for a company or a social welfare policy for a state.”
Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…the truths of Christianity are constant, unchanging, and meant for all people, times, and places. But the methods by which truth is articulated and practiced must be culturally appropriated, and therefore constantly translated …if doctrine is constant and practice is constantly changing, the result is living orthodoxy.”
Mark Driscoll (born 1970) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Warnock, Adrian, Interview with Mark Driscoll, Adrian's Blog, April 2, 2006.
“Morality is an axis that doesn’t interest us,” Mraize said calmly. “Only loyalty and power are relevant, for morality is as ephemeral as the changing weather. It depends upon the angle from which you view it.”
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.”
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most beautiful discoveries since the Renaissance, indeed since the beginnings of all science, are the laws governing light, whether moving through a uniform medium, or being reflected from an opaque surface, or changing direction upon entering another transparent medium.”
Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759) said by 1759 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the spirit of faith let us begin each day, and we shall be sure to "redeem the time" which it brings to us, by changing it into something definite and eternal. There is a deep meaning in this phrase of the apostle, to redeem time. We redeem time, and do not merely use it. We transform it into eternity by living it aright.”
James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.”
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ai Weiwei Twitter feed: @AiWW(4:19 p.m. December 2, 2009).
“The worst thing about Beijing is that you can never trust the judicial system. Without trust, you cannot identify anything; it’s like a sandstorm. You don’t see yourself as part of the city—there are no places that you relate to, that you love to go. You have no memory of any material, texture, shape. Everything is constantly changing, according to somebody else’s will, somebody else’s power.”
“Principal Alcalde was into a long speech, about the fast-changing world and the need for Fairmont to revolutionize itself from semester to semester. At the same time they must never forget the central role of modern education, which was to teach the kids how to learn, how to pose questions, how to be adaptable—all without losing their moral compass.”
Vernor Vinge (1944–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Didn’t Underhill understand? All decent societies agreed on basic issues, things that meant the healthy survival of their people. Things might be changing, but it was self-serving nonsense to throw the rules overboard.”
Vernor Vinge (1944–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poetry is a vocal art for me, not neccessarilyperformative, it might be reading to one self or recalling some lines by memory.The speaker bringing their own experience to it,changing it with their own sensibility.”
Robert Pinsky (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must ensure we are able to assist women who have been victims of crimes, and help them in securing a life-changing visa so they can safely run away from their abusers and begin a new life without fear, I was pleased to secure state funding for Her Justice that will help the organization support the vital services it provides to at-risk women.”
Jose Peralta (1971–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When did society forget that kids 'should not make life-changing choices' like gender surgery?”
“Changing horses in the middle of a stream Gets you wet and sometimes cold”
Dan Fogelberg (1951–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not a nationalist, I am a Wolfe Tone Republican. In pursuit of that ideal I have been forced to continually shift positions, much like a man in a cinema who keeps changing his seat, but only so he can get a clean view of the same film. And the title of the film, of which I never tire, is The Future Irish Republic.”
Eoghan Harris (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As we look up into these glorious culminations, how grand life becomes! To be forever with the Lord, and forever changing into His likeness, and, still more, forever deepening in the companionship of His thought and bliss, "from glory to glory," — could we desire more?”
Randolph Sinks Foster (1820–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.”
John Kotter (born 1947) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to the 2002 edition, p. 2
“I'm half a crazy man Waiting for confirmation; Signs keep are changing And I need some more information.”
Mike Oldfield (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the birds sing outside And you see the trees Changing into green The sun invites one To be out in the open air. When the sky is so blue, then, Oh! Then I wish for so much!.”
Mike Oldfield (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You’re changing the course of history. I thought that sort of thing was strictly forbidden.”
Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What was it like?” Zeke asked, changing the subject as much as he was willing to. “Fighting in the war, I mean?” He grumbled, “It was war, you dumb kid. Everybody I liked got killed, and most of the folks I'd just as soon have shot made it out with medals on their chests. It wasn’t fair and it sure as hell wasn’t any fun. And Jesus knows it’s been going on way too long.”
Cherie Priest (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Macrobiotic living is the process of changing ourselves so that we can eat anything we like without fear of becoming ill; it enables us to live a joyful life during which we can achieve anything we choose.”
George Ohsawa (1893–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I got to missing her, the way things used to be here, the past. The past,” she repeated. “It’s always out there, isn’t it? I hate now. I hate that whenever you look at a clock, it shows a different time. What’s the use of knowing what time it is, if it’s always changing? And it’s always later!”
Tim Powers (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All things come to me in black and white like virtue and crime. Yes, black and white are the two elements which concern me. It is my fortune, or misfortune, that I can see neither all in black nor all in white.. .I cannot help realizing both, for only in the two, only in black and white, can I see God as a unity creating again and again a great and eternally changing terrestrial drama.”
Max Beckmann (1884–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The gesture which we would reproduce on canvas shall no longer be a fixed moment in universal dynamism. It shall simply be the dynamic sensation itself. Indeed, all things move, all things run, all things are rapidly changing.. .We would at any price re-enter into life.”
Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 23.