Change quotes

People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world. It's not going to change the world. It's not going to change the way we think, and it's not going to change the way we feel.

I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change my image, change my name and move to New York.

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to change in the relationships between nations as it does to change within an individual nation.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe love nothing so much as to change. The Universe is change.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.

We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life.

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

Look at all the buses now that want exact change, exact change. I figure if I give them exact change, they should take me exactly where I want to go.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.

Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change.

Once the season starts for me, there isn't a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.

Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.

You know, I don't really do that much looking inside me when I'm working on a project. Whatever I am becomes what that film is. But I change; you change.

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

I wouldn't change Buffy for anything and I wouldn't change the course in which she has evolved but it is nice to be able to do something that is a little different.

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.