Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,808 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Change
LoveFriendshipHappinessHopeFearCourageDeathLifeTimeWarPeaceFreedomTruthWisdomKnowledgeScienceArtMusicNatureMoneyWorkPowerGodBeautyLaughterFamilySuccess and failureChangeDreamsBooks and reading
“Just because a state is not liberal, it can still be a democracy. And in fact we also had to and did state that societies that are built on the state organisation principle of liberal democracy will probably be incapable of maintaining their global competitiveness in the upcoming decades and will instead probably be scaled down unless they are capable of changing themselves significantly.”
Viktor Orbán (born 1963) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tusnádfürdő speech (26 July 2014)
“We can never show solidarity with ideologies, peoples and ethnic groups which are committed to the goal of changing the very European culture which forms the essence, meaning and purpose of the European way of life. We must not show solidarity with groups and ideologies which oppose to the aims of European existence and culture, because that would lead to surrender.”
Viktor Orbán (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing the food system is a complex challenge, but the first step is to know where we want to go, and that’s toward a healthy diet produced with sustainable agriculture.”
Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in UN Warns of an Impending Famine With Millions in Danger of Starvation, By Thalif Deen, IPS, (27 November 2020)
“If an emerging system is born complex, there is neither leeway to abandon it when it fails, nor the means to join another, successful one. Such a system would be caught in an immovable grip, congested at the top, and prevented, by a set of confusing but locked–in precepts, from changing.”
L. K. Samuels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Any organization that deals with a changing environment ought not only to process information efficiently, but also create information and knowledge.”
Ikujiro Nonaka (1935–2025) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nonaka, I. (1994) “A dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation”, Organization Science, Vol.5, No.1, February, p. 14. Quoted in: Bratianu (2010).
“Work is a defining, all-consuming part of our lives. Now, more than ever, the speed at which the nature of work is changing is having an extraordinary impact on working lives everywhere.”
Lynda Gratton (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.”
Don Tapscott (born 1947) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don Tapscott, in: The spirit of collaboration is touching all of our lives, The Globe and Mail, 7 June 2013
“Managers model the way by first changing themselves.”
James A. Champy (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we take an unprejudiced view of the processes of consciousness, free from all the so-called association rules and theories, we see at once that an idea is no more an even relatively constant thing than is a feeling or emotion or volitional process. There exist only changing and transient ideational processes ; there are no permanent ideas that return again and disappear again.”
Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inertial pressures prevent most organizations from radically changing strategies and structures.”
Michael T. Hannan (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This section will deal with the mechanics of organization—the actual processes or methods of creating and changing the company's organization structure. The problem is essentially that of best utilizing the people and resources presently on hand, as contrasted with the building up of an organization from scratch, described in Part I.”
Ernest Dale (1917–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For many years, attention in both public and intellectual fields was concentrated on the benefits of civil society. However, with the demand for greater state regulation of the economy and the increasing realisation that states of the fourth world will never advance without the enforcement of a rule of law, the tenor of debate is now changing.”
John L. Campbell (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.”
Robert A. Hall (1946–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unique descriptions of scene play a significant role in the success of fiction, and any first-rate novelists knows enough to keep changing the scenes in which his characters carry out action, since that no only conceals the novelist's shortcomings, but also heightens the reader's enthuisiasm in the reading process”
“The world is changing.... I don't, as a consumer, want advertising that's not relevant. If we're going to take a side let's take the side of the consumer.”
Charlie Ergen (born 1953) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with CNBC's Julia Boostin (1995)
“In spite of everything, in dealing with the theme at hand, one must, as is often repeated here, take both the changing times and the sensibilities of earlier times into account.”
Regina Jonas (1902–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What made the West successful was neither capitalism, nor science, nor an historical accident such as a favourable geography. Instead, political and mental diversity combined to create an ever changing panorama of technologically creative societies.”
Joel Mokyr (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many innovations of current history and philosophy of science were, in fact, anticipated in Neurath’s oeuvre. The rediscovery of Neurath was therefore not merely a phenomenon of academic nostalgia, but itself constitutes research into the conditions and possibilities of changing a paradigm in the philosophy of science.”
Friedrich Stadler (born 1951) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Friedrich Stadler (1996). "Otto Neurath—encyclopedia and utopia." In: E. Nemeth & F. Stadler (Eds.). Encyclopedia and utopia: The life and work of Otto Neurath (1882–1945), Boston: Kluwer. Stadler, 1996, p. 3
“Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these requirements; thereby changing the situation in the direction of structural improvements.”
Max Wertheimer (1880–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some people will say that a woman being subordinate to a man is our culture. But culture is constantly changing.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We Should All Be Feminists - April 12, 2013
“I understand the craft of writing, because it’s who and what I am. The commercial world of publishing, both in the past and today, is an ongoing mystery to me. Fads are constantly changing.”
Lois Duncan (1934–2016) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On writing and publishing, interview with Megan Abbott (2011)
“When highest placed on giddy Fortune's wheel, Unhappy man must soon expect to feel A sad reverse, and in the changing round With rapid whirl as sudden touch the ground.”
John Hoole (1727–1803) said by 1803 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish. It can be running a mile, or a 10K race, or 100 miles. It can be changing a career, losing 5 pounds, or telling someone you love her (or him).”
Scott Jurek (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing the rules of regulations is simpler than eliciting the behavior that conforms to them.”
James C. Scott (1936–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the big things my dad was running on was changing Washington, breaking that cycle, I felt like the outsider component was important and I thought he had the ability to actually win and defeat Hillary.”
Sarah Sanders (born 1982) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Trump looking to Sarah Huckabee Sanders in tough moments (March 12, 2017)
“Susie and I choose the vegetarian way of life because for us, there really is no other choice. We must evolve as a race and as a planet, and evolution includes learning and changing from our mistakes. We will never truly grow until we as a whole come to the realization that all beings on this Earth should be treated with love and respect.”
Corey Feldman (born 1971) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What’s Your Favorite Corey Feldman Movie?", PETA (July 15, 2008).
“Oh my life is changing everyday In every possible way And oh my dreams It's never quite as it seems Never quite as it seems.”
Dolores O'Riordan (1971–2018) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dreams"; first released as a single (29 September 1992)
“The key to changing the world and pursuing justice and disarmament is to allow the God of peace to disarm our hearts, make us instruments of peace, and lead us together on the road of peace.”
John Dear (born 1959) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the homepage of his official website JohnDear.org (2017).
“The provision of education has to be congruent with the pace of the changing world. This era - the era of globalization where all sources of information can be accessed within a few seconds through Internet and World-Wide-Web linkages, we inevitably have to take a further step beyond literacy level.”
Sukavich Rangsitpol (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Both individuals and communities must be able to possess the skills and knowledge required to function productively in the changing world.”
Sukavich Rangsitpol (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“getting pissed off at the idea of someone going on to wiki pedia and changing the name of the japanese suicide forest to "Warios Woods”
“Though the river's current never fails, the water passing, moment by moment, is never the same. Where the current pools, bubbles form on the surface, bursting and disappearing as others rise to replace them, none lasting long. In this world, people and their dwelling places are like that, always changing.”
Kamo no Chōmei (1155–1216) said by 1216 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stop pointing fingers and take some blame, Pull your future away from the flame. Open up your mind and start to live. Stop short changing your neighbors, Living off hand outs and favors, and maybe Give a little bit more than you got to give. Simplify, testify, identify, rectify.”
“In physics, energy has a very precise definition: it is what characterises something changing in the world surrounding us. [...] Counting energy is therefore nothing else than counting how much the world has changed.”
Jean-Marc Jancovici (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You find people in your life who love you, They give you permission to be able to love yourself. That permission was life-changing for Davis. When you are in the face of compassion and empathy, it’s amazing how it kills shame, Because you’re seen for something way for valuable than your circumstance.”
Viola Davis (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We know the necessary conditions for the changing of minds. Now that we see the deep pathology of our past, we can make new patterns, new paradigms. "The sum of all our days is just our beginning....”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Parliamentary time, can be wasted in kid-glove politics and nothing effective be done. I came to this House desiring to do something definitely along the lines of changing the law in some directions and not with the mere idea of becoming a gentleman in a parliamentary sense.”
Andrew MacLaren (1883–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's obvious that things are changing. When I was in high school and told people I was a socialist, they looked at me as if I were crazy. When I tell people I'm a socialist today, they just nod and go about their day - not a hint of revulsion.”
Bhaskar Sunkara (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More than the changing of institutions we need the development of a national conscience, and the upbuilding of national character. Men may boast of the aristocracy of blood, may glory in the aristocracy of talent, and be proud of the aristocracy of wealth, but there is one aristocracy which must ever outrank them all, and that is the aristocracy of character”
Frances Harper (1825–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We see that things are changing in Central America (the fast growing presence of China). I think the United States has been a bit late to see it.”
Juan Orlando Hernández (born 1968) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Juan Orlando Hernández (2018) cited in: "Honduras president laments U.S. aid cuts, eyes role of China" in Reuters, 25 September 2018.
“One of the most useful skills advocates can develop is a sincere satisfaction in changing their mind, putting the goal of effectiveness before the goal of having been correct.”
Jacy Reese Anthis (born 1992) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The End of Animal Farming: How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System (2018)
“words...carry these layers of stories with them, inside them, and...they're always changing. (2022)”
Celeste Ng (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Within a decade of the completion of the La Grande Complex, signs of environmental disasters have become obvious. Massive flooding had once again leached methyl Mercury from the soil, changing an inorganic Mercury compound in the water into organic mercury.”
Winona LaDuke (born 1959) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LaDuke (2015) All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life , P. 62
“The UK has always punched above its weight in music on a global level and I don’t see that changing any time soon, especially with some of the artists I know are coming in the not too distant future, so I feel the British music scene is in rude health.”
Jason Iley (born 1969) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Article in Music Week (25 February 2019)
“The lack of predictability with television is something that’s constantly changing what your perception of who you think your character is…”
Lucy Liu (born 1968) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how television differs from Liu’s other acting ventures in “Lucy Liu’s Independent Woman” in Interview Magazine (2014 Oct 30)
“Theater is a service where the god keeps changing…Sometimes it’s the actor. Sometimes it’s the director. Sometimes it’s the stage manager. Sometimes, but almost never, it’s the playwright.”
María Irene Fornés (1930–2018) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the fickle nature of theater in “Moment to Moment: with Maria Irene Fornes” in The Brooklyn Rail (Autumn 2002)
“…White people playing people of color is not new; what is new is people of color are now [able to] own their own authenticity. White theater was created to reflect their audiences and white theater must deal with [changing audiences and perceptions]. … I think it’s about what the story requires, and what happens when you cast someone who could not be believable and who could not tell that story…”
Robert O'Hara (born 1975) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his views on casting in “Q&A: Robert O'Hara” in TheaterJones (2016 Aug 12)
“We need succession in career women's clubs. The younger generation of women helps us to be more aware of how our world is changing.”
Doris Veillette (1935–2019) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chronicle "Interdit aux hommes" (Forbidden to men), by Doris Veillette-Hamel, Journal Le Nouvelliste, May 4, 1974, page 17.
“Growing up in Mexico, we didn't have a dividing line between the fantastical and the literary, like you do in Canada, so it bled through. Therefore, my writing bleeds through categories and I enjoy the challenge of changing constantly, like molting out of a book.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 1981) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview (2017)
“This war (by Russia) against a sovereign European nation (Ukraine) puts the European security order at risk. In this changing security environment, Finland and Sweden will further enhance their cooperation.”
Sanna Marin (born 1985) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sanna Marin (2022) cited in: "Swedish PM hesitant about NATO referendum" in Euractiv, 7 March 2022.