Quotes About Change

The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

I'm personally in a different stage of my career than I was at the beginning. I was young and tried to run a lot and fight for things. Now it falls naturally. That's something you get with experience.

Every empire eventually falls.

The expectation that 'Trump as president' will be starkly different from 'Trump as candidate' is a false hope at best.

Revolutions are all based on the false idea that humans and their nature can be changed.

I think it's false to believe that anything good is going to start from the top.

Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a lightbulb.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.

Fame does different things to different people. For some people it makes them a better person.

Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!

Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.

In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through.

Any time you're comfortable or familiar with something, it's easier than something you're not familiar with.

Bad writing is like a bad relationship. Don't be addicted to it just because you are familiar with its ways. Let go.

I think there are definitely positives when you go back to the familiar, because it's something you don't have to think about when you know the place. But sometimes on the other hand, it can be quite unchallenging.

To imagine a better life for yourself and your family and to leave behind all that is familiar requires a special kind of courage.

We want to challenge even the people who are familiar with what we've done in the past.

The public was used to a Pauly Shore film coming out every year or two, you understand? So when that went away, the public lost familiarity with me.

You know people probably don't realize this but I lived in Denver for 10 years as a kid. I was familiar with the city and what it had to offer. You know like any place it's changed a lot over the years. But that familiarity hit home for me.

People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.

The most difficult is the first family, to bring someone out of the world.