Quotes About Change

When I came to the Orlando Magic and saw work that they did in the community, I wanted to ripple off that and make a difference too.

The New Orleans I knew ain't no more.

For a long time a lot of people thought New Orleans wasn't a safe place and that it was very ratchet.

You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food?

The condition in New Orleans was changing every day. I said, why don't we appropriate another $10 billion, come back and look at the situation, and do another $10 billion every week, or every 10 days?

I'd like to move back to New Orleans.

I grew up within New Orleans; my greatest concern is rising water. But I think life is a process of moving items from the 'scared of' to the 'not scared of' list.

I don't think I can go back to New Orleans. I don't think that's possible.

To see change in your own area code is very powerful. There's a little orphanage down the street from my company, and we donate $1 from the sale of each CD we sell to the orphanage.

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

One and all, the orthodox creeds are crumbling into ruins everywhere.

How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. And it let me know that an award wasn't going to change my life - that I had to be in control of changing my life.

After the Oscar for 'Shampoo,' I had a sense, even as I was walking up to get it, that this was the height of where I was going to go as an actress. And I felt that now was the time, if I wanted a longer life in the arts, that I had to jump from acting to directing.

Just as entrepreneurs developed America, they can develop other countries, too.

Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries.

In the process of writing '13,' friends were asking if I was OK because I was saying things about religion or about intervening in other countries militarily that I wouldn't normally spout over dinner. In the moment of writing the play, I genuinely changed what I thought.

Climate change demands a collective response. We can't expect other countries to act if we don't.

My life has definitely changed since 'Modern Family.' The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids!

Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate.

We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring.

To explore technology for me is something that I have to do. Otherwise, I feel completely left in the back... abandoned.

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.