Quotes About Change

The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.

Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Socialism is the epithet they have hurled at every advance the people have made.

It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting.

the Romans, spring and early

Well, I might even get used to the idea that she had no tail.

when we awoke someone had stolen the sea.

Jerry had trouble imagining himself in his thirties, much less his seventies. What would 2024 look like? The politics would have to be better than today's. They couldn't very well be any worse!

Your only nobility is being better than who you were yesterday.

You always meet people for a reason, Either you are to change their life, Or they are to change yours....

I'm not just retiring from the company, I'm also retiring from my stress, my commute, my alarm clock, and my iron.

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life.

Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.

When time passes, memories seem to grow weathered, and even hardships can seem like happy times.

Don't find fault, find a remedy. —Henry Ford

leaders who do undertake a voyage of personal understanding and development can transform not only their own capabilities but also those of their companies.

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.

In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things.

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

There comes a time in every Salome's life when she should no longer be dropping the last veil.

Just because I said that's what I want doesn't mean that's what I want. I mean, that's what I want but that doesn't mean that I'm necessarily ready for it.

When things get too good... I get out. Well. I guess to a degree we all do. But most pull out; ride off into the sunset with a wave and a wink and a "Heigh-o-Silver." But not me. I am a pusher. I nudge and kvetch and cry and demand until I leave my partner no possible alternative but for him to run for his life. (...)