- Day
- |
- 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
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash out: you can see it in the media, scapegoating and penal sentencing.
- Political
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution and drugs, and it is a vicious circle. That's what we need to change.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
- Mother
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
- Nov 07, 2020
We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.
- Myself
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that person has bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that's it. I'd rather embrace it than force myself to change.
- Nature
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.
- Hunger
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.
- Learning
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Performing in Detroit or performing in Chicago, you're on your own turf, but when you tour a show, the audiences change. You're in a completely different space; sensibilities change. I think I learned a lot from doing that - how written material works in different places, learning to have confidence, learning the idea of how to be adaptable.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Within the songwriting community, there are these unwritten rules for the way that a song should be written in country music, and I think that those rules are constantly being broken over the years, and the molds change and the process is evolving.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
- Long
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I'll do anything. I'll shave my head for the right job. I'm partial to my facial hair, I guess, but I also enjoy doing something where I look totally different, which is kind of the reason why I've always worn long hair. I can really change my look radically by getting rid of it.
- First
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No-one is going to believe that it is my name.'
- Progress
- |
- Nov 07, 2020