Quotes About Change

There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.

One of the reasons poetry is such an amazing genre to work with is because it constantly reinvents itself and re-negotiates its terms with the reader.

A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh.

The machine itself has begun to do the work of revolution. The State is now generating forces that will accomplish what no revolutionaries could accomplish by themselves.

Before, I was always trying to make my relationships work by means of willpower and forced affability. This time I didn't have to strive for anything. A quality of ease spread over us.

When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out.

Possibly we might even improve the world a little, if we got up early in the morning, and took off our coats to the work.

Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better.

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.

With the 2001 terror attacks, airline bankruptcies, pension terminations, loss of pay, changes in work rules — we're all working harder and longer than we used to.

I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.

Often I think changes within my work have been seen as sudden changes or sharp changes, but for me they're not that sudden. They have been there in the studio, but not so much in public.

Ellen Langer's work has been an inspiration to me for years. Counterclockwise, her latest book, will change the way you think about your health – for the better. It's simply fabulous.

I couldn't be more proud of my work as a progressive.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.

I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since my 'Big Finish' stories came out.

I'm always constantly trying to find stuff that's different. It's a way to keep me on my toes and keep me interested and keep me excited about work.

You know what the economics are like in Red Lake County. There's no way a family can pay $15,000, $20,000 a year for health insurance and make it work. You just can't do it. It's got to change.

One day I'm not busy at all; the next day I have work for months - that's kind of the way it works!

When I had my child, I planned on being with the woman I had him with for the rest of my life. If that doesn't work out, you have to see things from a different perspective.

I still have that new senator smell.

When I look in the mirror, I see a work in progress.

Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.