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“It was an extraordinary night, not just for me and what it symbolized for women and women of color, but what it symbolizes for Georgia and for America. We’re changing the face of leadership in this country. And that means reflecting the very different experiences and lives that folks have, recognizing that that change is a good thing for Georgia and a good thing for America.”
Stacey Abrams (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The stories had changed. It was as [he] had said, the stories had changed. And our lives had changed. We were living under the machines, and under a changing landscape, which can change you, shift the insides of you. (Roimata, ch23 p151)”
Patricia Grace (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was one of the most experienced players in our league and with the role I had in the changing room, I wanted to be able to change things, to be able to help develop women’s football.”
Eugénie Le Sommer (born 1989) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eugenie Le Sommer: "It’s important we’re all together and have the same objective" by FIFPRO. March 27, 2023. Retrieved 20/11/2023.
“‘This change ... is strongly suggestive of the dispersal of inhabitants, if not depopulation, of the Hakra flood plain during the Late Harappan. ... It seems almost certain that changing environmental conditions were profoundly affecting the long-established cultural pattern in Cholistan.’”
Mohammad Rafique Mughal (born 1936) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted from Danino, M. (2020). Climate, Environment, and the Harappan Civilization. R. Chakrabarti, Critical Themes in Environmental History of India, 333-377.
“it is to us, through the awareness of the citizens, the assistance of our governments, parliamentarians, our elected officials and our civil society that we will succeed in changing climate change”
Hakima El Haite (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing in language is immutably fixed: the best writers are constantly changing it. Absolute government by dictionary would mean the arrest of this healthy process of change and growth.”
Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928) said by 1928 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Elton, Oliver, ‘’C. E. Montague: A Memoir’’, London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. Also quoted in Murphy, Edward F., The Crown Treasury of Relevant Quotations, New York : Crown Publishers, 1978 (pg. 216).
“It is all as it should be if they were really friends once, for friends, in fact, belong to periods rather than to all time, although sentiment would have it otherwise. One is always changing a little, although of radical change there is almost none, and new friends are found in tune with each stage.”
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'What is cinema today? It's something that's changing [...] and it definitely needs to change, perhaps in relation to new audiences. A new generation is coming up, one that has been educated and raised with computers and a whole new set of standards.”
Lino Ventura (1919–1987) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the interview of Christian Defaye e Claudette per "Spécial Cinéma,", Les archives de la RTS, 11 February 1985. Video available on Youtube.com.
“By deliberately changing the internal image of reality, people can change the world.”
Willis Harman (1918–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing the HOW doesn’t mean you change the WHAT or the WHY.”
Nthabiseng Legoete wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My name is not the name you’d pick out of a hat – Yahya Abdul-Mateen the second is no John Wayne, it’s not traditionally the guy at the top of the billing. And that’s why it’s so inspiring to people. I get messages all the time saying, ‘Thank you brother for representing for us Muslims. I was thinking about changing my name, but now that I see you, I’ll never change it”
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Social scientists are interested in two broad themes or aspects of . The first is how any society functions as an age structure and how changing over time affect economic, political, and other aspects of social organization. The second is how attitudes and roles change over the life cycle of the individual or in cohorts of individuals.”
Bernice Neugarten (1916–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This new structure is more than just a name change. It is a repositioning of Namibia in a fast-changing world.”
Selma Ashipala-Musavyi (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's okay to change. Don't let anyone stop you from changing. This is your life.”
Janine Berdin (born 2002) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Janine Berdin on decision to enhance appearance: ‘I recognize that I’ve changed’ Josh Mercado, 16 September 2025.
“Who says history is stagnant? For a historian, facts do not change; it is the way we look at things, our interpretations, that are always changing. This is what makes history exciting - that we can always find something new in what is old.”
Ambeth Ocampo (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that the real problem in this world is not climate change. The real problem is us because of our ignorance and apathy. What we have to do is to start changing our ways, to start recalibrating our minds and redirecting our steps because together, as a global community, our micro-efforts will have a macro-effect to help save our home, our planet.”
Karen Ibasco (born 1990) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During the final question and answer portion, the top four contestants were asked by the host James Deakin: "Who or what do you think is the biggest enemy of Mother Earth and why?" She answered: READ: Miss Earth 2017 Ka…
“I think the best way of changing mindsets over time is not education, it’s not a PR campaign, it’s not an advocacy campaign. The best way to change mindsets is to show that girls have values and can be great changemakers in their community.”
Chernor Bah wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My overall goal for the Africa to the World Series is mainly to change perception and project Africa in a positive light, changing narratives about Africa, doing it one country at a time, with the hope to inspire people to travel in/to Africa, invest in Africa and call Africa a place to be.”
Wode Maya (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thy business is changing things and bestowing favours, My business is mistakes and forgetfulness and error, Change my mistakes and forgetlulness to knowledge I am altogether vile; make me temperate and meek. O thou that convertest salt earth into bread And bread again into the life of men, Thou makest some earth-born men as heaven And multipliest heaven-born saints on earth.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”
Anthony Bourdain (1956–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The things that change are not our real life. Within us there is another body, another beauty. It belongs to that ray of light which never changes. We must discover how to mingle with it and become one with that unchanging thing. We must realize and understand this treasure of truth. That is why we have come to the world.”
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1900–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“According to the second fundamental theorem... change has to take place in such a way that the total entropy of the particles increases. This means according to our present interpretation that nothing changes except that the probability of the overall state for all particles will get larger and larger.”
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) said by 1906 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You... change your mind Like a girl... changes clothes. Yeah you... PMS Like a bitch... I would know. And you ... over think Always speak ... cryptically. I should know ... that you're no good for me!”
Katy Perry (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There haven’t been fundamental structural changes in America. There’s been a very important symbolic change and that is the election of Barack Obama. But the only black people who truly live in a post-racial world in America all live in a very nice house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born 1950) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with The Root, July 21, 2009.
“Amid a world of appearance and change, science seeks the fundamental and abiding realities, and... applies... the test of "conservation." Whatever is conserved unchanged during all possible changes is regarded as real.”
Frederick Soddy (1877–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mars, Triton, Pluto and Jupiter all show global warming. Climate changes on other planets and their moons show that climate change elsewhere in the Solar System could not possibly be due to human activity on Earth. There must be a driving force outside the Earth. It is the Sun.”
Ian Plimer (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my conception of it, the primary role of the Court is to decide cases. From the decision of cases, of course, some changes develop, but to try to create or substantially change civil or criminal procedure, for example, by judicial decision is the worst possible way to do it. The Supreme Court is simply not equipped to do that job properly.”
Warren E. Burger (1907–1995) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpts From Interview With Chief Justice Burger on Role of the Supreme Court", The New York Times (July 4, 1971).
“If Muslim people do not change their mind in spite of the changes of social conditions, and if we supplement Islamic courtesy and law without explaining and advertising real Islamic beliefs at the same time, then it is impossible to save the minds of the people.”
Ma Fuxiang (1876–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Capital can seldom be made productive, without undergoing several changes both of form and of place, the risk of which is always more or less alarming to persons unaccustomed to the operations of industry; whereas, on the contrary, landed property produces without any change of either quality or position.”
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.”
Steve Maraboli (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But now let me return to my theme of the many changes that have taken place since I was last here. There is a jocular saying: To improve is to change; to be perfect is to have changed often. I had to use that once or twice in my long career.”
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to a joint session of Congress, Washington, D.C., (17 January 1952) "We Must Not Lose Hope", in The Great Republic : A History of America (2000), Churchill, Random House, p. 399
“Society undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is Christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that is given something is taken. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts. The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet; he has a fine Geneva watch, but cannot tell the hour by the sun.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He marveled at the strange blindness by which men, though they are so alert to what changes in themselves, impose on their friends an image chosen for them once and for all. He was being judged by what he had been. Just as dogs don't change character, men are dogs to one another.”
Albert Camus (1913–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Technology paces industry, but there's a long lag in the process. Industry paces economics. It changes the tools, a great ecological change. And in that manner we come finally to everyday life. The politician is someone who deals in man's problems of adjustment. To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.”
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Designers and the Politicians" (1962), later published in Beyond Left & Right : Radical Thought for Our Times (1968) by Richard Kostelanetz, p. 368
“One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Statistical criteria should (1) be sensitive to change in the specific factors tested, (2) be insensitive to changes, of a magnitude likely to occur in practice, in extraneous factors.”
George E. P. Box (1919–2013) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: G.E.P Box (1955); cited in: JOC/EFR (2006) "George Edward Pelham Box" at history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk, Nov 2006.
“That's one of those questions, whether human beings are really capable of change, or if all seeming changes are really a matter of framing the existing character in a different moral situation.”
Orson Scott Card (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes the most important changes start in small places. The tides of history can leave people in conflict and exile and poverty. It takes time for those circumstances to change. But the recognition of a common humanity, the reconciliation of people bound by blood and a belief in one another -- that’s where progress begins. Understanding, and listening, and forgiveness.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is necessary to restore the dignity of the presidential office and cut it off decisively from non-transparent connections... For the first time in many years, I see a chance in Poland for major change. The presidential office can guarantee that these changes are carried out without undermining the social equilibrium.”
Lech Kaczyński (1949–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think I can truly put up all the change that has come into my politics into a sentence; I was brought up to distrust and dislike liberty, I learned to believe in it. That is the key to all my changes.”
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) first seen 1880 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to John Morley (27 December 1891), quoted in John Morley, The Life of William Ewart Gladstone. Vol. III (1880-1898) (1903), pp. 474–475
“The clouds, never expect it, When it rains But the sea changes color, But the sea does not change, And so with the slow graceful Flow of age, I went forth with an, Age old desire to please, On the edge of seventeen.”
Stevie Nicks (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not want it to be thought that I believe the constitution is unchangeable or is perfect. It is not. We are an evolving Party. We can change it. But changes have got to be made against a different atmosphere from the present one. We have got to get away from this. For pity's sake, stop arguing. The public is crying out for unity in order to get rid of the Thatcher Government. (Applause)”
James Callaghan (1912–2005) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool (30 September 1980), quoted in Report of the ... Annual Conference of the Labour Party (1980), p. 67
“I think even a lot of really committed environmentalists, they think, well, if everybody drives an electric car, and we have all LED lights, and and you know, that somehow everything will be fine. No, it's not going to be that simple. Reduction of our fossil fuel use by 2030. Everything is going to change and we can't go on in this hyper consuming way. There going to be massive changes.”
David Suzuki (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in arenas where there has been little or no change.”
Bell hooks (1952–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.”
Doris Lessing (1919–2013) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Sunday Times (London, 10 May 1992)
“Science changes our values in two ways. It injects new ideas into the familiar culture. And it subjects it to the pressure of technical change, in the way I have just been describing, until the whole basis of our culture has imperceptibly been remade.”
Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Morgot and Myra would tell her there wasn’t any reason to make promises or seek changes because the Great Mother didn’t bargain. The deity didn’t change her mind for women’s convenience. Her way was immutable. As the temple servers said, “No sentimentality, no romance, no false hopes, no self-petting lies, merely that which is!” Which left very little room, Stavia thought, for womanly initiative.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your company may have a reputation for brilliant leadership, outstanding innovation, clever branding and effective change management, but the business could fail if the world changes and you are unprepared.”
Patrick Dixon (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not tired. I am expectant as a runner is Before a race, a child before a feast day, A woman at the gates of life and death, Expectant for us all, for all of us Who live and suffer on this little earth With such small brotherhood. Something begins. Something is full of change and sparkling stars. Something is loosed that changes all the world.”
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source