Quotes About Progress

We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That is not democracy.

The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country.

The status quo leads to self-destruction.

We do not need more status quo.

I'm pleased to be a part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo.

As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.

Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.

Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.

There are also just as many, if not more, women who are anxious to hold down the status quo.

It's impossible to always move forward, but sometimes even maintaining the status quo is enough.

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

I really think it would be cowardly to pull back and not challenge the status quo, when the status quo may not be the right way for the field to go.

I'm excited about seeing a bipartisan plan to reform education in the United States. The only other option is to protect the status quo and I really don't think anybody wants to do that.

Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.

As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.

The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.

If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist.

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.

We absolutely have to change the status quo in Washington.

The status quo is never happy when things become a meritocracy.

I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

I tell people all the time, the status quo is so untenable to me. Like, literally, I have no patience for it.

Anytime that someone defies the status quo and defies oppression, it feels like a step in the right direction.

I think when somebody wants to work diligently, when somebody wants to take away the cobwebs and see where attention is needed, to fix things, there is obviously going to be a backlash from those who have, for years, gained from status quo.