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“People are terrified of changing their minds. Changing your mind is a door you don't want to open because you don’t know what’s behind it. Changing your mind means losing all your friends. Changing your mind means a complete revolution in your life. Changing your mind means publicly admitting you’ve been wrong. […] People don’t want to change their minds.”
Peter Hitchens (born 1951) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Talk with Eric Metaxas for Socrates in the City, in Oxford (c. 6 January 2016); "Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God", Socrates in the City, YouTube (6 January 2016).
“Change isn't easy, Micky. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think. Changing the way you think means changing what you believe about life. That's hard, sweetie. When we make our own misery, we sometimes cling to it even when we want so bad to change, because the misery is something we know. The misery is comfortable.”
Dean Koontz (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The business changes. The technology changes. The team changes. The team members change. The problem isn't change, per se, because change is going to happen; the problem, rather, is the inability to cope with change when it comes.”
“I just have to have faith that when we change how we think, we suddenly change how we act and how those around us act, and that’s how the world changes. It’s by changing hearts and changing minds. And it’s contagious." (The Guardian, 2020)”
Robin Wall Kimmerer (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On the changing face of Indian cinema "At one time I wondered if I was doing the right films, today I know I have made the right choices. Indian cinema is changing, not step by step but by leaps. New blood is coming in, mindsets are changing and our exposure to the world is ever-increasing. I am glad these positive changes are happening when I am in the industry and not ten years from now.”
Preity Zinta (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we say that the mind is a function of the brain, we are therefore to understand that in exact scientific truth we can mean nothing more than this: That physical and physiological changes go on, seriatim, side by side with changes in psychic experience; or vice versa, that psychic changes run parallel, pari passu, with physiological changes in the brain and the other neural tissues.”
George Holmes Howison (1834–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I change my story by changing what I believe about myself. When I clean up the lies I believe about myself, the lies I believe about other people change. Every time I change myself, my whole story changes to adapt to the new main character.”
Miguel Ángel Ruiz (born 1952) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Facebook remarks (21 April 2011)
“Israel says, quite correctly, that changing Israel’s ethnicity would change the idea of Israel. Well, changing America’s ethnicity changes the idea of America, too. Show me in a straight line why we can’t do what Israel does. Is Israel special? For some of us, America is special, too.”
Ann Coulter (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Change comes in various wavelengths. There are changes in the game, changes in the rules of the game, and changes in how the rules are changed.”
Kevin Kelly (editor) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[A NOW] has no duration. ...[I]t's absolutely instantaneous. There is no thickness to it. Nothing changes. ...So these s, in one sense, are truly eternal, because they never change, and on the other hand, because nothing changes, they are experienced as a flash. ...[It]'s a nice contradiction... [T]he eternal is experienced as a flash, because nothing changes.”
Julian Barbour (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let us initiate a change in ourselves, for then, and then only, shall we be able to effect a change in other people. When we change, others change too. And circumstances change in a manner that is almost miraculous. The initial change has to come from inside ourselves.”
Laura Huxley (1911–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What would it mean to live in a city whose people were changing each other's despair into hope?-- You yourself must change it.-- what would it feel like to know your country was changing?-- You yourself must change it.-- Though your life felt arduous new and unmapped and strange what would it mean to stand on the first page of the end of despair?”
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: fragment from "Dreams Before Waking" (1983)
“Gordon Brown thinks you should solve climate change by changing your lightbulbs. We think you should solve climate change by changing your Government.”
Siân Berry (born 1974) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Keynote Speech, GP Autumn Conference 2007, Liverpool
“When you change how somebody feels, you’re changing how they think. And when you change how they think, you’re changing how they feel. That, in essence, is persuasion.”
Donovan Schaefer (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you. Changing your ways, more than any man can do. Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal. Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel.”
Peter Gabriel (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change.”
Octavia Butler (1947–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Climate change is real. Climate change is deadly. Climate change is here. The changes we must make to address this crisis will at times be as difficult and uncomfortable as they are necessary. It won't be easy, but I've found reasons to be hopeful. People are demanding more to be done and pushing govts (incl ours) to deliver that change...”
Bowinn Ma (born 1985) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter, @BowinnMa on Twitter, February 10, 2021
“America was changing. I had a feeling of destiny and I was riding the changes... My consciousness was beginning to change, too, change and stretch.”
“Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station. And what you’re doing now isn’t traveling, it’s just changing countries, which is completely different Understand what is going on inside you and you will understand what is going on inside everyone else.”
Paulo Coelho (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You may be told that the legal decisions lead the changes, that judges and lawmakers lead the culture in those theaters called courtrooms, but they only ratify change. They are almost never where change begins, only where it ends up, for most changes travel from the edges to the center.”
Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The situation is changing now and China's 'dynamic zero' will also undergo major changes. Substantive changes will happen soon,”
Zeng Guang (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As people age, they confuse changes in themselves with changes in the world, and changes in the world with moral decline—the illusion of the good old days.”
Steven Pinker (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is a hard job and I’m not just saying that to win favour with lorry drivers, it’s a hard job. Change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That’s a lot of effort in a day.”
Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comments on Top Gear (2 November 2008), cited in "Jeremy Clarkson sparks fresh BBC row" The Times (4 November 2008).
“(…) if you can change yourself you will find that no other change is needed. To change the picture you merely change the film, you do not attack the cinema screen! (…) Clarify your mind, purify your heart, sanctify your life – this is the quickest way to a change of your world.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony, that's life Try to make ends meet you're a slave to money then you die.No change, I can change I can change, I can change But I'm here in my mold I am here in my mold and I'm a million different people from one day to the next I can't change my mould, no, no, no, no, no...”
Richard Ashcroft (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For a change of structures without change of hearts will lead to new forms of oppression; while a change of hearts without change of structures will leave the present crushing form or oppression intact. Attitudinal and structural change are both necessary, because ultimately attitudes and structures are dialectically related.”
George Soares-Prabhu (1929–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We no longer even understand the question whether change is by itself good or bad, ...We start out with the axiom that it is the norm. We do not see change as altering the order... We see change as being order itself--indeed the only order we can comprehend today is a dynamic, a moving, a changing one.”
Peter Drucker (1909–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My point is that you cannot force social change at a speed that it cannot go. Social change is evolutionary, not revolutionary. Deep social change takes time. And slowly the culture is changing. The MTV generation is far more tolerant, and that tolerance is growing.”
Camille Paglia (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, there is a Government of this changing world. The Government is not in the changing world. It is in the Realm of Permanence, and though the Realm of Permanence pervades this world of change, it cannot be seen by mortal eyes.”
Harold W. Percival (1868–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Refactoring (noun): a change made to the internal structure of software to make it easier to understand and cheaper to modify without changing the observable behavior of the software. To refactor (verb): to restructure software by applying a series of refactorings without changing the observable behavior of the software.”
Martin Fowler (born 1963) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 33-43 as cited in Militiadis Lytras, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, Ernesto Damiani (2011) Semantic Web Personalization and Context Awareness. p. 111
Also quoted by: Kent Beck
“In our work in fast- changing markets, we often see that time pacing helps managers avert the danger of changing too infrequently. By setting a regular pace for change, managers avoid becoming locked into old patterns and habits.”
Shona Brown (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Serbia is changing and changing fast, and if you will, I am part of that change, but I do not want to be branded ‘Serbia’s gay PM’. The message we need to send is about competence, professionalism and trustworthiness.”
Ana Brnabić (born 1975) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ana Brnabić: 'I do not want to be branded Serbia's gay PM'" in The Guardian (28 July 2017)
“The world turns and the world changes, But one thing does not change. In all of my years, one thing does not change, However you disguise it, this thing does not change: The perpetual struggle of Good and Evil.”
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.”
Andrew Grove (1936–2016) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Andrew Grove, in: "What I've Learned: Andy Grove", Esquire, May 1, 2000
“This new philosophy, however, was far from giving the temporal an inherent position and function in the constitution of things. Change was acting on the side of man but only because of fixed laws which governed the changes that take place. There was hope in change just because the laws that govern it do not change.”
John Dewey (1859–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to change because the world is changing, and we need to anticipate what is next and be there first, as the US military has always been. So, the changes in our future, I think is something that we are all completely committed to.”
Ash Carter (1954–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In order to change a way of thinking, it is necessary to undergo profound internal changes and to witness profound external changes, especially in the performance of our duties and obligations to society.”
Che Guevara (1928–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When in the course of human events somebody does something that puts somebody else to the trouble of adjusting the numb routine of his life, the adjustee is resentful. The richer he is and the more satisfactory he considers his life, the more resentful he is at any change, however minute. And of all the changes which offend people, changes which require them to think are most disliked.”
Murray Leinster (1896–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It had become clear that the itemized changes experimentally imposed, although they could perhaps be used to account for minor differences between one period and another, yet could not be used to explain the major change - the continually increasing production. This steady increase as represented by all the contemporary records seemed to ignore the experimental changes in its upward development.”
Elton Mayo (1880–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't think literature changes the world directly. It changes people, and people change the world.”
Chigozie Obioma (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In looking for the right places to make these tiny changes, there are three broad areas of opportunity. You can tweak your beliefs—or what psychologists call your mindset; you can tweak your motivations; and you can tweak your habits. When we learn how to make small changes in each of these areas, we set ourselves up to make profound, lasting change over the course of our lives.”
Susan David (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Education cannot be defined by a simplistic preoccupation with fostering direct behavior change, which in many cases exemplifies the fallacy of misplaced concreteness. The most significant behavior changes may be functions of perspective transformation, and such transformation is often an essential precondition for meaningful behavior changes.”
Jack Mezirow (1923–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day.”
Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Top Gear, 2 November 2008; as quoted in "Clarkson joke sparks complaints", BBC News, 4 November 2008
“Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Creeds, articles, and institutes of religious faith ossify our brains and make change impossible. As such they are nuisances, and in practice have to be mostly ignored.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Everybody's Political What's What? (ebook, must be borrowed) (1944), Chapter XXXVII: Creed and Conduct, p. 330
“Don't ask the world to change — you change first. Then you'll get a good enough look at the world so that you'll be able to change whatever you think ought to be changed. Take the obstruction out of your own eye. If you don't you have lost the right to change anyone or anything. Till you are aware of yourself, you have no right to interfere with anyone else or with the world.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First and foremost, let us remember that change has never been quick. Change has never been simple, or without controversy. Change depends on persistence. Change requires determination.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes we feel bad in winter. We act a little bit strange. The dark sky threatens me daily. Makes me alter and mood change, change, change, change.”
Ed Harcourt (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Change is not a sentiment, although it certainly can start to feel that way in the midst of a campaign. The change we were talking about was meaningful. It was change for people’s lives for the better. It was about decent housing, being able to go to the doctor when you need to, being able to swim in a river. It was meaningful, material change.”
Jacinda Ardern (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But if they change me shape, and change me voice, and change me hair and change me face, as they say, what is it that is me, at all?" asked Peggy.”
John Wyndham (1903–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason why I go into communities, select groups of young orphans, empower those and bring them back into the communities to inspire change there is because we need to change the way change is viewed. People say politicians or the grownups or the successful ones are going to change things in the country, but I think everyone has a part to contribute.”
Chido Govera (born 1986) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chido Govera: transforming lives in rural Africa by growing mushrooms", The Guardian (August 16, 2014)