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“It is virtually impossible for what you are voting on to remain as it is currently. There could be huge changes to the [EU fiscal] treaty and there could be huge changes to the euro zone itself.”
Nigel Farage (born 1964) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview in the Irish Times newspaper, 17 May 2012. Anti-treaty campaign claims single currency may collapse
“Pliny had no theoretical opinions of his own concerning changes of the earth's surface... But his enumeration of the new islands which had been formed in the Mediterranean, and of other convulsions, shows that the ancients had not been inattentive observers of the changes which had taken place on the earth within the memory of man.”
Charles Lyell (1797–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In human culture, we can see a phenomenon—changes in fashions and styles—that at first glance might appear trivial, but that in fact is quite profound, revealing a deep and fascinating part of human nature. Look at clothing styles, for instance. In the stores or in fashion shows we can perhaps detect some trends and changes from a few months before, but they are usually subtle.”
Robert Greene (American author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The open revolution changes also the spirit of man, the relationship between man and man, because it changes the method of struggle. Therefore it brings a total transformation of power economy and nature”.”
Aldo Capitini (1899–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In order to make the changes work, the majority of members of society that has entered changes must wake up every morning with a feeling of the great historical moment, with the feeling of something big and extraordinary.”
Zoran Đinđić (1952–2003) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nedeljni telegraf (7 August 2001).
“Changes in the inhabitants of the earth do not reflect a constant process of improvement in the design of organisms, any more than changes in fashion over the years reflect a constant process of improvement in the quality of clothing.”
Steve Stewart-Williams (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But at first we must necessarily meet with the inconveniences and difficulties and embarrassments incident to all changes of government. These will be felt in our postal affairs and changes in the channel of trade. These inconveniences, it is to be hoped, will be but temporary, and must be borne with patience and forbearance.”
Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883) said by 1883 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“International trade theory has, in my opinion, given far too much attention to the effects of certain variations, for example, in duties, on the national incomes, and too little to the effects on individual incomes. In many cases, changes in the sums count for very little, while changes in the individual incomes are distinctly relevant.”
Bertil Ohlin (1899–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 306 ; As cited in: Irwin, Douglas A. "Ohlin Versus Stolper-Samuelson." No. w7641. National bureau of economic research, 2000. p. 3.
“The most dramatic changes made by the two military rulers were the changes in the Constitution of Bangladesh. These religiously oriented alterations in the Constitution are there to stay. Once Islam has been declared the law of the land, even undemocratically, by military fiat, it can never be repealed, on threat of apostasy.”
Yvette Rosser (born 1952) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Y Rosser, Indoctrinating Minds: Politics of Education in Bangladesh. 2004 page 68
“When the several changes are... such... that... the body returns to its original condition... these changes form a cyclical process, we haveand...”
Rudolf Clausius (1822–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm interested in the computer as a new idea, a new and fundamental philosophical concept that changes mathematics, that solves old problems better and suggests new problems, that changes our way of thinking and helps us to understand things better, that gives us radically new insights...”
Gregory Chaitin (born 1947) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meta Maths!: The Quest for Omega. Vintage Books (2006). p. 11
“I think you can understand time just by the fact that everything, everything changes. Everything ages. You’re born, you die. The living beings as the objects if they are new, then they become old. Even the stones, even in our Earth, aged four and a half billion years, has changed enormously. So we can define time only thanks to the fact that everything changes.”
Margherita Hack (1922–2013) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with ' Claudio Rocco in 2011; as quoted in "Science says 'ciao' to Italy's Margherita Hack: the 'lady of the stars'", euronews.com (1 July 2013).
“[T]he mirror really is itself, for it changes hands for you as you go through the mirror and changes the motor to a generator at the same time.”
Eric Laithwaite (1921–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the life of one girl changes through education, she changes three families – one, her own, second the in which she gets married into, and third the one she builds. This moves the nation on its path to progress.”
Vinod Gupta (born 1946) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: {{cite web|url= https://yourstory.com/2018/09/vinod-gupta-up-education
“It isn't the gold that changes man, it is the power which gold gives to man that changes the soul of man. This power, though, is only imaginary. If not recognized by other men, it does not exist.”
B. Traven (1882–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We stand at the very outset of vast changes, and are not yet able to predict the impact of the technological revolution. The issue we are dealing with is bigger than any particular aspect like cyber security, privacy, or economic changes. Digital technology will affect every aspect of human life. This will be a new era for humanity.”
Mohammad Al Gergawi (born 1963) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement during the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation as quoted in UAE Minister of the Future selected for UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Wam,…
“But as you grow up, you understand more about what beauty is. It’s not just about the outside. Your look changes depending on your confidence, and then your beauty changes.”
Liu Wen (model) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: China’s First Supermodel on Changing Standards of Beauty" in The Cut (1 March 2016)
“The climatic changes we experience are forced changes, creating much damage to humankind and the natural habitat.”
Nnenna Okore (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe Nigerian feminism is a humanist one, in the sense that it is about both inner and outer changes, compared to the West that is all about outer changes. Our feminism is expressed through art, writing, pottery and so on.”
Minna Salami (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is always dialogue that has to do with the life of the Church, with the pastoral work and also with the life of the nation, with the economic changes, the changes that society expects and that the Church has encouraged, supported and long waited for.”
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1936–2019) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Church lives a new relationship with the state and the people": Cardinal Ortega confirmed as Archbishop of Havana (29 October 2011) Fides News Agency
“I still can’t believe I am acting in films, it was like a breeze signing three films at the same time. I am aware every Friday, the fate of an actress changes, the graph changes with each film. I want people to value me as an actress and earn respect.”
Priyanka Arul Mohan (born 1995) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Priyanka Arul Mohan on her debut in Nani's 'Gang Leader'". The Hindu. 27 August 2019.
“Every day there is that little bit that changes us. People. words. Music. Books. Sentences. A laugh. Afraid of a moment. A dispute. Boredom. Every day there is that little bit that changes us.”
Aminata Touré (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We consider it vital that Sri Lanka associates itself with the changes taking place in Latin America and with the architects of those changes. At a crucial time in the history of my country, where perspectives for peace and justice have been made possible by a political will to restore sovereignty and to defend our country from external intervention.”
Tamara Kunanayakam first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SRI LANKA, Geostrategic Importance, Present Situation And Challenges Ahead" by H.E. Tamara Kunanayakam Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Cuba at Centre for Studies on Asia and Oceania in Havana (11 March 2010)
“These changes can be simple, but are often not considered because either no disabled people or organisations were consulted, or, as some may point out: there simply is no willingness to make changes.”
Salamatu Kamara wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are the changes and we are part of the changes we want in Nigeria.”
Aderonke Kale (1939–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You’re not just painting or making work about the empirical changes that you witness, but actually the psychological changes.”
Penny Siopis (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no dogma, word or scripture. German morality is not rigidly chained to words but changes as reality changes and as the original nature adapts to new conditions. It is a convenient moral relativism that Hauer and his cohorts developed. In the final analysis, it is […] a fighter ethic that negates all moral ties except those with respect to the interests of one’s own Volk. (p. 15)”
Karla Poewe (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's no point in worrying. Every time the government changes, the Rai changes.”
Simona Ventura (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My fiction ranges from the early 20th century to the 1970s. The 1950s and 1960s are dramatic because of the rapid changes in society that took place in just a few years. The changes were especially rapid in the Roman Catholic Church, and within the Church, none more so than in communities of nuns.”
Frances Coady first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Could you tell us more about your project, which you titled The Practice of Perfection in your application? I noticed you also published a short story collection under the same title back in 2009. Is your current projec…
“I am not sure whether to consider this as a challenge or an opportunity, but the world of technology changes constantly. I made up my mind early on that there is no other way to stay afloat, so to speak, outside of being prepared to always be learning; to keep up with the changes in technology and to make sure that your skillsets are always relevant.”
Veliswa Boya wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pope Francis is an outstanding publicist; he sells his product incredibly well. With him, you shouldn't expect changes to the product, but to the advertising. In terms of doctrine, Bergoglio says next to nothing; he simply changes the way it is communicated. He gives the public what the public wants.”
Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the person is mad, because every human being changes every day, and the city changes faster than that.”
Toni Kan (born 1971) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Responding to the claim that there is nothing new to write about Lagos. Toni Kan: This is the Age of the Writer, The Sun Nigeria, 27 January 2018.
“When the first time of love is over, there comes a something better still. Then comes that other love; that faithful friendship which never changes, and which will accompany you with its calm light through the whole of life. It is only needful to place yourself so that it may come, and then it comes of itself. And then everything turns and changes itself to the best.”
Fredrika Bremer (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poetry can only change the notion of relationships between things. Culture cannot change without a change in institutions.”
Adunis (born 1930) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Adunis, in: "" at nytimes, October 17, 2010
“Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, “one can at least change jobs,” but you can’t avoid having a job — just as under statism one can at least change nationalities but you can’t avoid subjection to one nation-state or another. But freedom means more than the right to change masters.”
Bob Black (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can't make people change, and I can't change myself. I can't change the political climate, or fix the myriad problems of the world, or make anyone else happy. When I think about these things, I feel impotent and sad. When I don't think about them, I am running away from the truth. Either way I lose.”
John S. Hall (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men will not change as long as women ‘marry up.’ Men won't change until we have a perspective on how powerless power makes us. A woman cannot help a man change until she has a perspective on how powerless power makes men.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Government doesn’t do, people do,” she said. “It’s people who make laws, it’s people who change laws. It’s people who make things happen. So my question is, what are you going to do to make the government more representative? It won’t change unless we change it.”
Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted here (2017)
“Generally change in our society is incremental. Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ian Millhisser (October 8, 2015): Justice Ginsburg’s Warning To A Dysfunctional Nation. In: ThinkPrgoress. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Also partially quoted in: Li Cohen (September 19, 2022): Ruth B…
“In a progressive country change is constant; and the great question is, not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws, the traditions of the people, or in deference to abstract principles and arbitrary and general doctrines. The one is a national system; the other...is a philosophic system.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech on Reform Bill of 1867, Edinburgh, Scotland (29 October 1867); quoted in William Flavelle Monypenny and George Earle Buckle, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Volume II. 1860–1881 (1929), p. 291
“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be ... This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My Own View" in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1978) edited by Robert Holdstock; later published in Asimov on Science Fiction (1981)
“Our society depends entirely on its technology. Change the technology, and you change the society. Most especially you change the ethics.”
Larry Niven (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If life becomes hard to bear we think of a change in our circumstances. But the most important and effective change, a change in our own attitude, hardly even occurs to us, and the resolution to take such a step is very difficult for us.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[On climate change] I knew it was coming, I have been preaching this stuff for 30 years. [...] Everything we've said about climate change has come true. Why is that not sufficient that it alarms people that they change behaviors? Because of the entrenched status quo.”
Harrison Ford (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change of attitude.”
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in A. R. Orage, "Talks with Katherine Mansfield at Fontainebleau," The Century Magazine (November 1924)
“They will not change the words of the creed; they will simply give “new meanings and the highest criticism to-day is that which confesses and avoids. In other words, the churches will change as the people change. They will keep for sale that which can be sold. Already the old goods are being “marked down.”
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) said by 1899 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We Americans write our own history. And the chapters of which we're proudest are the ones where we had the courage to change. Time and again, Americans have seen the need for change, and have taken the initiative to bring that change to life.”
Al Gore (born 1948) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the Democratic National Convention (28 August 1996).
“It's so damn hard to bloom… to change. Even when you want to change, want it more than anything in the world, it's hard. Desire to change isn't enough. Or desperation. Couldn't be done without… love.”
Dean Koontz (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We really can’t change the world. We really can’t change other people! The best we can do is to start a few thinking here and there. The best way to do this, if we are sincere, is to change ourselves!”
Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This election, this presidential election, I think has underscored underneath it several times. We want change. And it's not change in the White House so much, as change in Washington.”
Mitt Romney (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source