Quotes About Change

I've seen knives pierce the chest, Children dying in the road Crawling things hooked and baited, Rapists bound and then castrated, Villains singed in public square. Yet none these sights did make me cringe Like when my Love cut all her hair.

Looking back on my life, I sigh. The caprice of youth goes with the wind, I've no regrets.

After 15 years living in Paris, I felt myself growing old and stagnant—similar to stagnant water sitting in a bowl; cats have a survival instinct not to drink this water. They can sense when it's old and may be carrying air-borne germs. After 15 years in Paris, I no longer felt drinkable.

I thought of the fifteen years I lived 'sans papiers' in France and how Paris had belonged to me. I was like a king in France. And now that suddenly I was French, Paris was gone for me. I had abdicated the throne the French people had given to me. All those people were gone. The whole city had changed. I left for five years: three spent wandering in Europe, while two years I spent living in Muslim Morocco; and now Paris had changed and there was no going back.

Adivasi societies are not fossilized societies.

The change from the categories of hunter-gatherers to pastoralism to agriculture involved using a decreasing area of land, but an increasingly more intensive use of the land.

Religiosity is generally a characteristic of situations when there is a fear that the dominant position held by the followers of a religion is beginning to decline, and therefore has to be publicized where possible.

A later age looks back with nostalgia at an earlier one and depicts it in terms of ideals and activities now receding.

The noticeable decline in liberal values is disturbing, especially as fewer and fewer persons appear concerned about this decline.

The alienation implicit in modernization is sought to be assuaged by the creation of a past and of ideologies that legitimize the present.

Ron Ashkenas

The American Revolution was to succeed because it was undertaken by skeptical men who knew that the same passions that toppled tyrannies could be applied to destructive ends.

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.

Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so many Americans are out of work, over-mortgaged, and worried that life will be even tougher for their children.

We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity.

We're living in an era of unprecedented change, and I want to be a part of documenting it.

It wasn't the movies that caused the metamorphosis. It was just the simple act of caring.

Keeping the design good as it changes is called refactoring.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

Citizen N°1: Look! Citizen N°2: up in the SKY! It's... who IS that? Ion (Kyle Rayner): See? Get some new clothes and everybody forgets who you...

Nuestras vidas empiezan a acabarse el día en que guardamos silencio sobre las cosas importantes MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

Every Winter brings it's own Spring.

Let the revolution begin.

Ideas are very important to the shaping of society. In fact, they are more powerful than bombings or armies or guns. And this is because ideas are capable of spreading without limit. They are behind all the choices we make. They can transform the world in a way that governments and armies cannot. Fighting for liberty with ideas makes more sense to me than fighting with guns or politics or political power. With ideas, we can make real change that lasts.