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“In the last twenty-five years a change has come over the visual habits of Americans . . . From being a wordminded people we are becoming an eyeminded people.”
John Dos Passos (1896–1970) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Grosz Comes to America," Esquire, 1936
“We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait. Democracy, civilization itself, is at stake. Within the next few years we must change the basic structure of our global community from the present anarchic system of war and ever more destructive weaponry to a new system governed by a democratic UN federation.”
Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to live with the Israelis, but I can start with me.”
River Phoenix (1970–1993) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sky Magazine (1988)
“Nothing is going to change in the Congo until you and I figure out what is wrong with the person in the mirror.”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is always the simple things that change our lives.”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it...God's love will never change us if we don't accept it.”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That's why my generation thinks we need a constitutional amendment to protect the sanctity of marriage that guarantees that, in America, the only marriage to be recognized is the marriage between a man and a woman! In the house of God! There are so many things in America that have changed that should never change. And you listen to me: if it does, you can kiss this country goodbye.”
John Hagee (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of course the King is mistaken. But is natural that he should be frighten of taking the plunge. We have lost a great opportunity by not intervening at once. But later the King may change his mind, and it may be not too late.”
Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.”
Patch Adams (born 1945) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams" in Roda Viva - Entrevista (13 November 2007)
“Any can do it — BE RADIANT! Make the decision. I want to be an agent of change to a loving world — so I will be radiant.”
Patch Adams (born 1945) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Patch Adams and clowns spreading laughter at hospital" (2 March 2016)
“They also gave it the title of "opinion," because truth and falsity lie in opinion. And they called it "movement," "generation," "change," "division," "length," "multiplication," "addition," "kinship," "relativity," "the ratio in proportionality." For the relation of two numbers is of every conceivable form.”
Iamblichus (245–325) said by 325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s stories and then there’s stories,” he said, interrupting her. “The ones with any worth change your life forever, perhaps only in a small way, but once you’ve heard them, they are forever a part of you. You nurture them and pass them on, and the giving only makes you feel better. “The others are just words on a page.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can talk all you want about consensual reality, Jilly, but that doesn’t change the fact that some things are real and some things aren’t. There’s a line drawn between the two that separates reality from fantasy.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no power in the world, not that of any religion’s god or mystery, that can change people from being what they are. The world’s history – what little we have recorded of it – proves that beyond a doubt.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing irritates us [Fascists] so much as to be taken for pillars of order. Nothing so exasperates us as the people who come to us through fear of Communism. Those good people [who are fearful of all social change] will have to realize, and we shall soon make them realize, that the weight of the social problem is now on our shoulders and that they would be wiser to fear us than to fear Communism.”
Alessandro Pavolini (1903–1945) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Foreign Policy Congress in Milan, June 1938. Quoted in "The decline of the intellectual" - Page 189 - by Thomas Molnar - 1994.
“We are against dependence on a change in the international situation for the solution of the China Incident.”
Shunroku Hata (1879–1962) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Tokyo Record" - Page 149 - by Otto David Tolischus - 1943
“I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I do well understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge, it is not my function to develop public policy.”
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930–2023) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Washington Post (September 10, 1981)
“This book you've read is just a story. I made it up. It is not designed to change anyone's beliefs or worldview, unless after reading it you've decided to be kinder to your fellow humans (which is okay), or you decide you really would like to teach yoga to an elephant, in which case, please get videotape.”
Christopher Moore (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The definition of throwing your vote away is to go into that voting booth and vote for one of two parties that will not change the direction this country's going in.”
Bob Barr (born 1948) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Concord Monitor, (22 July 2008) Libertarian appeals to decisive voters, Concord Monitor, 22 July 2008.
“Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I, But, sprung at once to beauty’s perfect round, Nor loss nor gain nor change in me is found,— A life-complete in death-complete to die.”
John B. Tabb (1845–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bubble, as quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, I'm sorry to disappoint you.”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Failing to plan is planning to fail. Plan Each Day, Each Week, Each Semester. You can always change your plan, but only once you have one!”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can always change your plan, but only if you have one..”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Buddha Fa” is most profound; among all the theories in the world, it is the most intricate and extraordinary science. In order to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its conventional thinking. Otherwise, the truth of the universe will forever remain a mystery to humankind, and everyday people will forever crawl within the boundary delimited by their own ignorance.”
Li Hongzhi (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If human beings are able to take a fresh look at themselves as well as the universe and change their rigid mentalities, humankind will make a leap forward.”
Li Hongzhi (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Change was impossible to predict. A tempo, a mood would have settled over the house, over guests, relations, casual visitors, poor relations, 'cousins,' strays – all recognized within a tangible pattern of feeling – and then it would happen!”
Wole Soyinka (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything—even spikes on a new pair of shoes—but they will eventually...they are bound to.”
Branch Rickey (1881–1965) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In 1954.
“The programmer's primary weapon in the never-ending battle against slow system is to change the intramodular structure. Our first response should be to reorganize the modules' data structures.”
Fred Brooks (1931–2022) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brooks (1975, Chapter 9) as quoted in Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, by Steve C. McConnell
“What I think Americans at the end of the day are going to be able to go back and look at track records and see who's more apt to be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who’s actually done it.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Simply waiting for low-carbon-emitting renewable capacity to be large enough will mean that it will be too late to meet the mitigation goals for reducing [carbon dioxide] that will be required under most credible climate-change models.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm sure if we open up the dictionary, we could prove that with semantics that are various, we can prove that there is a definition of slavery that absolutely fits the bill there, when I'm talking about a bankrupt country that will owe somebody something down the line if we don't change things that is, we will be shackled.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now, this was all part of that hope and change and transparency, and now a year later I gotta ask those supporters of all that: "How's that hopey-changey stuff workin' out for ya?”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All things change,—creeds and philosophies and outward systems,—but God remains!”
Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Charismatic Lithuanian baritone Vytautas Juozapaitis was a spirited, energetic Don Giovanni who held the audience's rapt attention whenever he was on stage. He had an authoritative sound that could be romantically enticing in an attempt to seduce a lady, but could change instantly into a commanding tone when anyone attempted to thwart his will.”
Vytautas Juozapaitis (born 1963) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maria Nokin, "Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'". Ensemble (November 26, 2006)
“Pretending you're in control even when you aren't is a recipe not only for mistakes, but for not learning from mistakes. What's appropriate when you're learning is small steps, constant monitoring, and a willingness to change course as you find out more about where it's leading.”
Donella Meadows (1941–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This government of yours does not please me, and I cannot trust it; you must change it and give me a pledge that you will observe everything you promised; otherwise you will soon realize that I do not want to live this way; and I will not ...my friend ...my enemy.”
Cesare Borgia (1475–1507) said by 1507 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the most important things was from a patient who said to me what a pity it was that he had to wait until now, when he was riddled with death, to learn how to live. And I have used that phrase many times: hoping that if you introduce people, in an appropriate way, to their mortality that might change the way they live and allow them to trivialise the trivia in their life.”
Irvin D. Yalom (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You see, my Lord Archbishop, what is "dubious" about my theology is not that it contradicts particular doctrinal teachings, things are much worse or better: what I want, is no more and no less than a fundamental change in the whole way that theology is done today; but I want this out of faith, not out of faithlessness.”
Eugen Drewermann (born 1940) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Archbishop J J Degenhardt, printed on rear cover of Eugen Drewermann, Worum es eigentlich geht. Protokoll einer Verurteilung (1992)
“If you want to change people by talking about God, then there is only one way: instead of teaching God, you must live God. Because: “teaching” God is unthinkable in any other way than the way you would teach love or poetry. You teach love only through love, poetry only through writing poetry, faith in God only through a contagious way of trusting.”
Eugen Drewermann (born 1940) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jesus von Nazareth (1996)
“Malala is a brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher. She said one pen can change the world - and proved how one young woman can lead the way.”
Ban Ki-moon (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?”
Cassandra Clare (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What makes you think that Valentine's change of plans had anything to do with your brother?" "Because only Jace can piss someone off that much.”
Cassandra Clare (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first time you saw me, I bet you didn't think, He's going to get me killed." "The first time I saw you, I wished you'd go back to Idris. You know I don't like change." "I grew on you, though." "Eventually. Like a moss, or a skin disease.”
Cassandra Clare (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
Cassandra Clare (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I recall what you said to me once, that words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man than I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die.”
Cassandra Clare (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[H]umans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves—thus blacks asserted black pride and black is beautiful; women declared I am woman, I am strong ; men are saying I am man, I am okay. After a quarter of a century of male bashing, that’s not a bad start.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In brief, when women batter, men’s first priority is to support the women and help them change; when men batter, women’s first priority is to escape the men and put them in prison.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That is our genetic heritage. The process led to our survival in the past, but is not needed for our future. But since we can’t change evolution overnight, let’s help your son through the transition.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the almost 20 years following Australia’s change in gun policy, mass shootings fell to zero.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source