- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Change Quotes
On growth, risk and embracing change.
These quotes weigh change from different sides: the risk of a compromised security key, the weight of scientific change on a global scale, and a simple wish to leave things somewhat better than they were found. For more, see our Change The World quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Auto Industry
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.
- Food
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I have said it before and I will continue to say that I don't think art is the most effective form of protest. I don't think it changes policy; I think it changes discourse, and discourse can change ideas, and for me, that's what it's about: having that space for conversation.
- Future
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In the case of climate change, the threat is long-term and diffuse and requires broad international action for the benefit of people decades in the future. And in politics, the urgent always trumps the important, and that is what makes it a very difficult and challenging issue.
- Home
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June - a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special: the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet.
- Food
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Some global hazards are insidious. They stem from pressure on energy supplies, food, water and other natural resources. And they will be aggravated as the population rises to a projected nine billion by mid-century, and by the effects of climate change. An 'ecological shock' could irreversibly degrade our environment.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't seem like life will change very much for Martin Shkreli, basically ever.
- Must
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.
- Enemy
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The whole idea of deterrence is to convince your enemy that you are willing and able to make it so painful for them to continue on a threatening or bellicose course that they change their behavior.
- Football
- |
- Nov 07, 2020