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“Today we have a more civilized mafia and a more mafia-like society. A mafia that increasingly wears suits and ties and a society that changes its clothes too many times a day and chooses to disguise itself. In short, we have entire sections of society that have now internalized the behavioral models of mafiosi. And you can see it in all areas.”
Antonio Ingroia (born 1959) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview of Saverio Lodato, l'Unità, 11 November 2006
“Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing. (p26)”
Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“now the sort of general theory is, you know, yes, the Earth changes very slowly, except for these extraordinary moments. And I’d say the whole point of writing the book is that we are in one of those moments right now.”
Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe firmly in that theory that the stuff you learn when you’re very, very young, it sort of stays. The very first dance I made up that was any good, I was about 15, and I’ve been wringing changes out of that ever since. That’s interesting to me. That’s not death. It’s style or something.”
Mark Morris (choreographer) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how his dancing tastes have changed in “Dancing Happily Around All Topics” in The New York Times (2013 Jun 6)
“Hatred is a leech: The thing that sticks to a person's skin; that feeds off them and drains the sap out of one's spirit. It changes a person, and does not leave until it has sucked the last drop of peace from them.”
Chigozie Obioma (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is fascinating about Bulgarian contract law is that one can discern continuity despite drastic political changes — a feature, which has not been captured by mainstream comparative taxonomies.”
Radosveta Vassileva (born 1985) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Diverging Conceptions of Fairness in English and Bulgarian Contract Law: The Peculiar Transformation(s) of Roman Causa, "", Oxford University Comparative Law Forum, Vol. 2019
“Contemporary China is a complex society in transition. The kinds of technological and social changes that took societies in the west centuries to move through have sometimes been experienced by a mere two generations in China. The anxiety of careening out of balance, of being torn by parts moving too fast and too slow, is felt everywhere.”
Liu Cixin (born 1963) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how contemporary China has quickly progressed in “'People hope my book will be China's Star Wars': Liu Cixin on China's exploding sci-fi scene” in The Guardian (2016 Dec 14)
“The climate system takes decades to respond to changes in carbon emissions so decisions made now will affect future generations - for better or worse.”
Joanna Haigh (born 1954) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Imperial climate experts respond to IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report", Imperial College London (November 3, 2014)
“The fact that people come to a place, where everyone makes that commitment, and they are in the country just changes the atmosphere of work so there is a kind of relaxation and comaradery that is very special. It is a special place.”
John Strasberg (born 1941) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referring to Art Aia Creatives/In/ Residence. Said in an interview, min 0.37/0.59, in "Art Aia - Creatives / In / Residence" (March 8, 2015).
“Governments have meddled incessantly with money, which in our time has been the fruitful parent of intricate discussions and painful changes.”
Thomas Hodgskin (1787–1869) said by 1869 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That was what we were told. It doesn’t entirely ring true.” “Why not?” “Because the President of the United States is always bound by the deals that he makes to get to his position. Delacourte can’t make any kinds of drastic changes, regardless of what he claims. The chief executive isn’t an emperor.”
Steven Barnes (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Historical process is not a linear one. It is also not stagnant. On the contrary, it moves ahead and brings changes to social, political and economic structure.”
Mubarak Ali (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world overcame nazism, the apartheid, pandemics, the indifference to climate changes, financial crises, and the Kremlin strain. The world will overcome again. This is how much can be said in a matter of minutes. This is how much can be understood in a matter of minutes. The world will overcome again. The time is high to make it happen faster.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The clever part is that it changes the question from, Who should I believe? to, What should I do? After all, the physical world is unaffected by our beliefs. It reacts only to our actions.”
Greg Craven wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything changes when we look at the evidence; what looks impossible actually happened.”
Neil Shubin (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This suggests that the changes and discontinuities reflect a transformation of the local population rather than the appearance of new people and the eradication of the Harappan inhabitants.”
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This brief historical discussion indicates that the Indo-European or Indo-Aryan concept was intimately connected with other social, cultural, and political movements from the 18th to the 20th centuries. In Europe, it was tied to the attempt to distinguish a Christian heritage from that of the Jews. Once formulated, it underwent social and political changes climaxing in what was Nazi Germany.”
Jim G. Shaffer (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[I]f you look at the diseases we see... a narrowing in the coronary artery... a valve becomes leaky, either the or the , or people who have muscular disease. The heart changes from an ellipse to a sphere. In a sense... from a football to a basketball. ...[T]here's alteration in the fiber direction of the ventricle.”
Gerald Buckberg (1935–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Concurrently the government needs to do five things. One, there needs to be clear messaging about behavioural changes aimed not just at the public but also the police.”
Devesh Kapur (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'”
Al-Nasa'i (829–915) said by 915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For... the political donor class, the system is being remade to serve their interests while disguising the changes as benefits for every American.”
David Cay Johnston (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[O]ne of the fundamental changes that's taken place is more and more coverage of controversies instead of issues.”
David Cay Johnston (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't think Mr. Reagan intended what happened. ...Mr. Reagan had a clearly defined set of values, but what we got was not conservative. What we got were radical changes that have... turned out to work to our detriment.”
David Cay Johnston (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Consider the changes in income... the first full year after the Great Depression and the Great Recession... The economic rebound was widely shared in 1934, with strong income gains for the vast majority and a slight drop at the top, while in 2010 the opposite took place as the vast majority lost ground and those at the top scored big gains.”
David Cay Johnston (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a big difference between having compassion and understanding for what somebody went through as a child, but that changes once you become an adult human being. Plenty of people have had horrible childhoods, and grow up to have empathy for other people and to care about doing good in the world. Donald is not one of those people, and he needs to be held accountable.”
Mary L. Trump (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During the three minutes beneath the surface... the body bears only a passing resemblance to its terrestrial form and function. The ocean changes us physically and psychically.”
James Nestor (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[A]fter around 30 feet... the water stops buoying you... and starts dragging you down to the sea floor. ...[T]he deeper ...the more your body changes. ...Your organs allow for the free flow of fluids so they don't collapse. Your brain waves slow down. Your heart rate will slow to about 1/3 its resting rate.”
James Nestor (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As long as I have been in science, which is let's say 1960 to today, just about every five years there are major changes in technology that allow you to do things that you previously either said were just too hard or there was no way to do them — or which you hadn't imagined that you could ever do.”
David Baltimore (1938–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In summary, we find an interrelated set of significant changes occurring in the eleventh and twelfth centuries on a global scale. With the rise of Europe, the expansion of Islam into North India, and the upsurge of China, the economic supremacy of the Middle-Eastern caliphate was gradually reduced.”
André Wink (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From the Neolithic time till almost today there has never been, in spite of spectacular changes in the course of time, a definite gap or break in the history of the subcontinent.”
Jean-François Jarrige (1940–2014) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jarrige, Jean-François, ‘Du néolithique à la civilisation de l’Inde ancienne’, p. 30.in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.
“‘This famous vacuum that was sometimes called Vedic night . . . has been filling up more and more thanks to numerous findings.’93 In his opinion, the considerable changes that followed the end of the Indus cities are to be understood ‘within the framework of a continuity with the preceding millennia, without any radical break of the sort too often proposed earlier’.”
Jean-François Jarrige (1940–2014) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jarrige, Jean-François, ‘Du néolithique à la civilisation de l’Inde ancienne’,, p. 21.in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.
“The American credo is one of faith in institutional pluralism and of mistrust of large size and concentrated power, political or economic. The growth of giant institutions has always been viewed with apprehension, even though it has been for the most part the natural product of rising populations and income, and of technological changes that created economies of larger scale.”
Neil H. Jacoby (1909–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The multinational corporation is leading Europe toward a more egalitarian, homogeneous, and democratic society. While traditionalists will deplore the gradual blurring of class and national distinctions, such segmentations cannot in the end withstand the onslaught of technological and economic changes.”
Neil H. Jacoby (1909–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The postwar burgeoning of oil enterprises throughout the world wrought important changes in the structure of the foreign oil industry. Competitors multiplied, concentration of the industry was reduced, and the market positions of the ‘seven largest’ companies shrank.”
Neil H. Jacoby (1909–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why do liberals persist in propagating the Myth of the Stolen Election? Many of them sincerely believe in it, all this evidence notwithstanding. Others see it as a rallying cry that can bring out the Democratic Party’s core voters this fall [2004] in righteous anger. The Florida controversy also offers a pretext for some to talk about other changes they want to make in election laws.”
John Fund (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe perhaps we live on a ball that rotates around the sun, that flies through the universe, and maybe our climate just changes.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene (born 1974) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a speech at Town Hall in Murray County, Georgia (March 24, 2021) cited in "Marjorie Taylor Greene calls AOC a ‘little girl’ during climate denial rant at town hall" The Independent (London, March 28, 2021)
“they cannot exist unless they can live in the village insuch a way that the changes that they bring about are necessary … in determining who they are”
Bessie Head (1937–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you come that close to not being here, or being told they are going to take your foot off, it changes everything in your life.”
Caren Marsh Doll (born 1919) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's nobody can fix this but yourself. You are the only one who can make the changes.”
Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a movie, however, you might see an actor playing a character, and the actor may be a super grumpy person in real life, and that will, of course, come through. But you tend to think that’s just a character choice. But when you can see a long-running show and someone has made significant personal changes in their lives, you can really see that come across on screen.”
Andrew Francis (born 1985) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview With Actor Andrew Francis, “Chesapeake Shores” (September 25, 2019)
“I've been through a lot of life's changes, but it's always my faith that I've been able to fall back on; that I draw strength from. I come from a family of Christians, also a long military tradition. So, faith in our family has always sustained us as a family, but also as individuals. It's because of that upbringing, because of that trust, that there is something greater than myself”
F. Richard Spencer (born 1951) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Army Reserve bishop comes to Okinawa (27 February 2012)
“Revealing the truth to the public requires layers of checking and multiple source verification. Good journalism can safeguard interests and foster changes of rules.”
Hu Shuli (born 1953) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "HU SHULI: The Hard-Earned Right to Report" in Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (14 November 2016)
“There's been no way of projecting what is happening. There's no way for the world to know, for example, what Africa really believes, what the Catholic Church in Africa believes and has achieved in the area of strengthening the family, for example, or even having a voice in the changes that have come with the concept of the family in the whole world.”
Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (born 1961) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Church in Africa “does have a voice,” Battling Communication Challenges, Official Says (12 March 2020)
“We all need stories. What happens in our daily lives changes our stories.”
Wong Kar-wai (born 1958) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Decade: Wong Kar-wai on “In The Mood For Love” " in Indie Wire (2 February 2001)
“More and more female actresses are appearing on the big screen in the world in general and in Vietnam in particular, with the same thought that there will be more female leads for the audience. On the contrary, such films encourage and motivate girls to become independent, strong, and successful. That positive cycle gradually changes the society in which we live.”
Ngô Thanh Vân (born 1979) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Interview with Veronica Ngo, Lead Actress of Furie" in Films from the South (4 December 2020)
“It is fundamentally important that people immediately feel the changes in the country, and people will feel it. We will not give empty promises, the key to our success is professionalism, experience, hard work, discipline and love for the country.”
Robert Kocharyan (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always maintained an unwavering resolve to set such an example to insure that a tradition of peaceful changes of administrations, which is the long cherished goal of the 40-year political history of the republic, will evolve and take hold in this land. In fact, I have always run the affairs of state with that goal in mind.”
Chun Doo-hwan (1931–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some forces are trying to engage us into political bargaining and propose me to become prime minister but ensure and guarantee the continuation of the existing system. And for me, my goal isn’t to become prime minister. My goal is bring real changes to Armenia.”
Nikol Pashinyan (born 1975) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'He's not a populist, he's popular': Nikol Pashinyan becomes Armenian PM in The Guardian (May 08, 2018)
“During my childhood, the inscription «tourist» accompanied the picture, where a person in sneakers with a backpack climbs the mountains. Now under a similar comment — a beachgoers: sunglasses, a sun lounger under a palm tree near the azure waters of the ocean. Everything flows, everything changes.”
Viktor Pinchuk (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No dogmatic thinking will be able to prevent social changes any more. No dictatorship will emerge again to trample civil rights and repress freedom. Illegal acts committed by the government agencies and the collusion of the Government and business and that of the government and the press will all become matters of the past.”
Roh Moo-hyun (1946–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source