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“This moment in history requires women to lead the movement for radical change (p 203)”
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the men in Congress represent essentially their own class interests and are opposed to any kind of real change that might benefit people at large.”
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People are desperate for help, for leadership. There's no place else to go but to me, they say, and the sad thing is that very often they are right. That's what I want to help change.”
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments...It is an agenda for change, fueled by the momentum of civil society, based on a transformational vision of a better world for all.”
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.”
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.”
Ronald David Laing (1927–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.”
Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 43
“They come transfigured back, Secure from change in their high-hearted ways, Beautiful evermore, and with the rays Of morn on their white Shields of Expectation!”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As life runs on, the road grows strange With faces new, and near the end The milestones into headstones change, 'Neath every one a friend.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The position of the United States had undergone a drastic change; the purpose and capabilities of the State Department had not.”
Dean Acheson (1893–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With terrible jolts and oscillations the religious life of the world has run down 'the ringing grooves of change.' A smoother route may have been undiscoverable. At all events it was undiscovered.”
John Tyndall (1820–1893) said by 1893 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All I've heard from you so far is a lot of hot air, so in the interests of climate change you're fired... (to Stuart Baggs in the boardroom).”
Alan Sugar (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Speech is the small change of Silence.”
George Meredith (1828–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“According to my observation, the change in my own generation is different. They have ceased either to trust or to distrust liberty, and have come to the mind that it matters little either way. Men are disenchanted. They have got what they wanted in the days of their youth, yet what of it, they ask?”
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838–1923) first seen 1891 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to William Ewart Gladstone (27 December 1891), quoted in John Morley, The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Volume III (1903), p. 475
“So sweet love seemed that April morn, When first we kissed beside the thorn, So strangely sweet, it was not strange We thought that love could never change.”
Robert Bridges (1844–1930) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bk. V, No. 5, So Sweet Love Seemed, st. 1 (1893).
“But I can tell — let truth be told — That love will change in growing old; Though day by day is nought to see, So delicate his motions be.”
Robert Bridges (1844–1930) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: So Sweet Love Seemed, st. 2 (1893).
“[On the Kurds] They're the most fucked people on Earth. You know that. They might as well change their name to the Fucks, 'cause they're fucked. We used to be the Kurds, now we're the Fucks!”
Sam Kinison (1953–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are times when you come across somebody that’s really impressive, someone that’s got a proper living and really does make a difference to people’s lives. Then I do feel a bit of a wanker, admitting I’m an actress. That’s hard to say to someone who may be making a difference. But I don’t know how I could change things.”
Michelle Gomez (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do you know anyone who's never watched TV, never seen a movie, never read a book? Of course not. So let me ask you one more question. Do you know someone, maybe even in your own family, who's never played a video game? I bet you do. How can this be? If we want to consider ourselves a true mass medium, if we want to grow as an industry, this has to change.”
Reggie Fils-Aimé (born 1961) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: E3 2006 Press Conference, YouTube
“We must have beginner's mind, free from possessing anything, a mind that knows everything is in flowing change. Nothing exists but momentarily in its present form and color. One thing flows into another and cannot be grasped.”
Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The worst revolutionaries today are those reactionaries who do not see and will not admit that there is any need for change.”
Harry Turtledove (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Flora wasn’t sure she liked that in the abstract; whom a man knew shouldn’t have mattered so much as what he knew. But that didn’t change reality one bit.”
Harry Turtledove (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Confederate States had been founded on the principle that change was a bad idea.”
Harry Turtledove (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every word you say is true,” O’Doull answered. “Every single word. But saying it, no matter how true it is, doesn't make anybody on either side change his mind.”
Harry Turtledove (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You make me wonder about my own country, Spartacus, not just yours.” “Good,” the black man rumbled. “Wonderin’s good. Ain’t nothin’ gonna change till you wonder if it oughta.”
Harry Turtledove (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whose secret Presence, through Creation's veins Running Quicksilver-like eludes your pains; Taking all shapes from Mah to Mahi; and They change and perish all — but He remains.”
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LI (1889)
“Man cannot change what pen hath writ of yore, Diet of sorrow breedeth heart-pang sore; Spend thy whole life in shedding tears of blood, Thou can’st not add one tear-drop to thy store.”
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The treatment of the period of Reconstruction reflects small credit upon American historians as scientists. We have too often a deliberate attempt so to change the facts of history that the story will make pleasant reading for Americans.”
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.”
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were many seas. The sea roared like a tiger. The sea whispered in your ear like a friend telling you secrets. The sea clinked like small change in a pocket. The sea thundered like avalanches. The sea hissed like sandpaper working on wood. The sea sounded like someone vomiting. The sea was dead silent.”
Yann Martel (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perestroika is an urgent necessity arising from the profound processes of development in our socialist society. This society is ripe for change. It has long been yearning for it. Any delay in beginning perestroika could have led to an exacerbated internal situation in the near future, which, to put it bluntly, would have been fraught with serious social, economic, and political crises.”
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the Russian word "perestroika" has easily entered the international lexicon, this is due to more than just interest in what is going on in the Soviet Union. Now the whole world needs restructuring, i.e. progressive development, a fundamental change.”
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For a new type of progress throughout the world to become a reality, everyone must change. Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order.”
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During a tour of the United States, as quoted in The New York Times (5 June 1990)
“I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.”
Utah Phillips (1935–2008) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kupfer, David, "Utah Phillips", The Progressive. September 2003. Web. August 6, 2013.
“If you ever change your mind About leaving, leaving me behind Baby, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin' Bring it on home to me Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah).”
Sam Cooke (1931–1964) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bring It On Home to Me (1962)
“I was born by the river In a little tent. And just like the river, I've been running ever since.It's been a long, long time coming But I know a change is gonna come. Oh, yes it is.”
Sam Cooke (1931–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We shall put the tariff through and if it does well it will drop out of party politics very much like Free Trade did. Then leave suitable time to change the title of our Party to National, as there will be little which really divides us from the great bulk of the Liberals.”
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to Thomas Jones (28 January 1932), quoted in Thomas Jones, A Diary with Letters. 1931-1950 (1954), pp. 25-26
“Three years ago it [public opinion] was strongly in favour of entry [into the EEC]. It may change again...and in any case I do not believe that it is always the duty of those who seek to lead to follow public opinion.”
Roy Jenkins (1920–2003) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Birmingham (18 June 1971), quoted in The Times (19 June 1971), p. 1
“It's quite a change to have a prime minister who hasn't got any political ideas at all.”
Michael Foot (1913–2010) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On John Major, 1991
“That’s really hard. I am who I am. I don’t really change on camera and I think that’s what a lot of my fans respect about me. I don’t see anything wrong with a beautiful, intelligent girl being sexual and nasty. I can do a rough hard-core sex scene, then do a lecture on DNA. That’s just who I am.”
Tera Patrick (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He had come on her that morning in a moment of disarray; her face had been pale and altered, and the diminution of her beauty had lent her a poignant charm. That is how she looks when she is alone! had been his first thought; and the second was to note in her the change which his coming produced.”
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The House of Mirth" (1905), bk. 1, ch. 6
“In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.”
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is perceived as a cost by some will turn out to be the competitive advantage of Europe by helping maintain a well-trained, secure workforce, open to change.”
Jacques Delors (1925–2023) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to a Trades Union Congress conference in London (31 August 1994), quoted in The Times (1 September 1994), p. 25
“The spirit of the Right is dominated by scepticism towards the possibility of profound change in society and above all towards the idea that man can achieve progress over himself. On the Left, on the other hand, there exists a belief in human and social progress.”
Jacques Delors (1925–2023) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11
“The world could change in a second, so I find the sunshine beckons me, to open up the gate and dream.”
Robbie Williams (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I did not join this Party to have a yuppy-land approach, to run capitalism better than the Tories. I joined this party to change this society and create a socialist alternative.”
Arthur Scargill (born 1938) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Labour Party Conference (3 October 1988), quoted in "Scargill in furious attack on reform", The Times (4 October 1988), p. 9
“I would fight to change the policy before the General Election. If I failed then I wouldn't accept office in a Labour Government.”
Denis Healey (1917–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best approach to this cultural revolution is therefore through family and household, i.e. through the structure of relations between the secondhand generations. In most societies this had been impressively resistant to sudden change, though this does not mean that such structures were static.”
Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In analysing both agricultural change and economic growth in general, non-economic factors cannot be divorced from economic ones - certainly not in the short run. To separate them is to abandon the historical, that is the dynamic, analysis of the economy.”
Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source