Quotes About Change

What an unreliable thing is time—when I want it to fly, the hours stick to me like glue. And what a changeable thing, too. Time is the twine to tie our lives into parcels of years and months. Or a rubber band stretched to suit our fancy. Time can be the pretty ribbon in a little girl's hair. Or the lines in your face, stealing your youthful colour and your hair." He sighed and smiled sadly. "But in the end, time is a noose around the neck, strangling slowly.

All things fall and are built again, and those that build them again are gay

Time is the twine to tie our lives into parcels of years and months. Or a rubber band stretched to suit our fancy. Time can be the pretty ribbon in a little girl's hair. Or the lines in your face, stealing your youthful colour and your hair.' He sighed and smiled sadly. 'But in the end, time is a noose around the neck, strangling slowly.' A clutter of troublesome feelings filled

I pass lightly through the reactionary darkness.

What right does my present have to speak of my past? Has my present some advantage over my past? What grace might have enlightened me? except that of passing time, or of a good cause, encountered on my way?

As soon as someone dies, frenzied construction of the future (shifting furniture, etc.): futuromania.

There is an age at which we teach what we know. Then comes another age at which we teach what we do not know; this is called research. Now perhaps comes the age of another experience: that of unlearning, of yielding to the unforeseeable change which forgetting imposes on the sedimentation of the knowledges, cultures, and beliefs we have traversed.

the love which is over and done with passes into another world like a ship into space, lights no longer winking

finding a singular travel experience doesn't require heroism so much as a simple change of mind-set. The reason so many travelers become frustrated while visiting world-famous destinations is that they are still playing by the rules of home, which "reward" you for following set routines and protocols.

antisabbatical"—a job approached "with the sole intention of staying for a limited period of time (often one year)…to raise enough funds to partake in another, more personally meaningful activity.

I was young those nights, but I was getting over it.

old Abe is through with his next four years, we will put him [i.e., Grant]

In his later years, William traded in his Baptist upbringing for a more epicurean life.

It might have been friction over this issue that caused their relationship to cool in the late 1890s.

Days later, Melancton Smith finally broke the deadlock when he endorsed the Constitution if Congress would promise to consider some amendments. Paying indirect tribute to Hamilton, Smith credited "the reasonings of gentlemen" on the other side for his changed vote.

Congress adopted the dollar as the official monetary unit in 1785, but for many years New York shopkeepers still quoted prices in pounds, shillings, and pence.

soon to be eclipsed by New York.

but she was now better equipped to withstand his loss than she had been a few years earlier.

Archbold scandal pushed him toward his proper career: that of a full-time philanthropist.

Then suddenly, in early 1889, Rockefeller grew aloof toward William Rainey Harper, who had committed the classic error of promoting his cause too assertively.

By the time of "A Full Vindication," Hamilton had clearly assumed the coloring of his environment.

He had let them down again. After a year, it was decided that the house would be completely revamped.

He thought Jack might fare better in the new environment.

The sum total of these developments resulted in nothing less than a revolution in medical education.