Quotes About Change

Look at what has occurred in history. When the Berlin Wall fell, it was not surprising, but it was unexpected. Who predicted the Arab Spring? Nobody expected it, but all the ingredients were there. I think all the ingredients are also there for Quebec to become a country. But when? That's another question.

If you have an ongoing relationship with a person, think of everything positive about that person that you possibly can and enter your interaction from that space. Ignore all the crap that used to drive you up the wall before. You will be amazed at what a change this attitude shift brings about.

Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.

Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world.

When I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents. They loved putting it up on the wall and saying, you know, if you don't follow these rules, you could get prosecuted. Whether or not it actually happens, it changes a culture, and that's part of what we're trying to do here.

If you keep bashing your head against the same wall, at some point you're going to fall over and be still for awhile.

The world has fundamentally changed. It fundamentally changed when the Berlin Wall came down and the 'evil empire' ceased to exist. We are engaged around the world whether we like it or not.

I haven't changed, but public life has. It used to be you'd go into a restaurant, and the owner would say, 'Do you mind if I take a picture of you and put it on my wall?' Sweet and simple. Now, everyone has a camera in their pocket.

I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.

It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.

Coming off the bench was an adjustment for me.

Life? You can't manipulate it or bend it to your will. You have no choice but to roll with it.

People, they don't know how to bend; they just break.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

The idea of getting a lifetime job, and making $100,000 a year, with benefits, is dead and gone. It's over. And it may never come again. That's a very scary thought for a lot of people.

I was never hell bent on being an actress forever, but I will not say that I won't work again.

Someone like Bernie Sanders can be in office for 30 years, but he's not the establishment.

I married my best friend when I was 23, but when I realized I wanted to move to L.A. to follow my dreams, we separated and eventually divorced.

I don't want to be one of those people who have the best part of their life be 'back when.'

My only advice would be to someone right now, is if you're in a position in your life where you need to make a change, this is the best time.

You really never know where your path will lead you, but working with technology was truly the best way I could make a difference.

I think colouring your hair is the best way to get a new look.

The best way to become a better stand-up guy is to take a break from it and do other things.