Quotes About Change

The whole purpose of me seeking public office is to make the world a better place. When I put my name on the ballot, I obviously think that I'm the best candidate to do that.

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

We are going to mint new astronauts from all communities. We want to influence public policy and opinion... by changing the mindset.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

An important reason that we're in the trouble we are in with climate change is that we don't have a handle on our environment. We form public policy based on information that is wrong.

I am increasingly ready to junk the public school system.

Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston.

I was at a public school until I was in sixth grade when I moved to New York.

I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.

I started high school in L.A., but I went to public school in New York.

If, as the popular saying goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, the people who run our public schools fit that description.

Just and equal society could be made by drastically improving the condition of India's public schools.

The Greek people deserve an economy that is not burdened forever by a heavy bureaucracy and a bloated public sector.

Disinterested public service has become, just so... what's the phrase, 'old school.'

What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same way, you don't feel you can have an impact.

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.

What's happened to broadcasting is that broadcasting really used to be... it used to have a very clear public service quotient. And it's more or less now. And it's been lost.

I may be leaving the Senate, but the next chapter in my public service is just beginning.

I passionately support Hillary Clinton for president because she has devoted her life to public service and has been willing to learn and change along the way by listening to the people she serves.

I did grow up in a household where the narrative was about public service and how are you going to effect change and help people. I'm so glad I grew up around that narrative, but I never had the calling to go out and shake hands and try to get elected.

I've dedicated my life in public service to defeating climate change.

For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that.

I used to work at a label. I used to be a publicist. I used to be at a management company.

My heavily-cleverly disguised low self-regard manifested itself in my constant showing off, my addiction for publicity, and my intolerable 'me-me-me' attitudes and actions. But it's done, isn't it? And no one can really change, can they? And, hey, it has been a lot of fun being the life-long irresponsible, snarky, nasty art scamp.