Quotes About Change

wasn't as pleasant lately, Sam thought, as he made his way through the back entry to the detectives' division. There weren't so many people there

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

There is no question that climate change is happening the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies.

I think we're lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse.

Already in 2011 the world was 0.8ºC warmer on average than it was when I was born. That is a speed of change that exceeds any that has happened in the last 10,000 years.

By 2011, the extent of the summer sea ice in the Arctic had shrunk by 30 percent in 30 years.

But you say, does it represent change? The change is that we are fighting an insurance industry that has killed health reform for generations. They're spending tens of millions of dollars right now to defeat this bill, and we're on the doorstep of winning a great victory for the American people.

We must build bridges to the future, not the past.

When incumbents step down, voters rarely opt for a replica of what they have, even when that outgoing leader is popular. They almost always choose change over the status quo. They want successors whose strengths address the perceived weaknesses in the departing leader.

In November 2004, the last person on the planet who expected Barack Obama to run for president in 2008 was Barack Obama.

Writers (of supernatural fiction), who used to strive for awe and achieve fear, now strive for fear and achieve only disgust.

Indeed, depression changes the world itself and not just in the way the person views it.

Warren Buffett once put it: "The most important thing to do when you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Remember, inspiration unused is merely entertainment. To get new results, you need to take new actions.

In his bedroom, Barry looked at himself in the mirror. He wasn't, it has to be said, entirely comfortable in the suit. Peevish had helped him put it on, which had felt a little weird as his mum and dad hadn't helped him dress for a long time. But then again he didn't normally wear suits. And certainly not shirts with cufflinks. And bow ties. Well, he had once worn a bow tie, to a party of

I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.

London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city.

Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

If you were sitting next to me 10,000 years ago we'd be under ice. So thank God for global warming for ending that ice age; we wouldn't be here otherwise.

We've done plenty to smash up the planet, but there's been no global warming caused by man.

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

I wonder why things have to change