Given the way universities work to reinforce and perpetuate the status quo, the way knowledge is offered as commodity, Women's Studies can… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In nearly a decade in city government, I have learned that the easiest thing to do in government is nothing. And in… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
There's this homogenization, this big sucking motion in dominant society, to absorb all the disparate elements that define the margin or define… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
a revolutionary in every bedroom cannot fail to shake up the status quo. And if it is your wife that is revolting,… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square… — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
The American Revolution was sparked by a series of taxes and tariffs on tea. More recently, the Thatcher and Reagan 'revolutions' were… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
“One of the main reasons that MMM doesn’t deliver the benefits it should is because CMOs and marketers aren’t involved in the… — McKinsey Chief Marketing & Sales Officer Forum Copy Share Image
“Why Do Some People NOT Take Initiative? • They have a FEAR of . . . rejection, looking stupid, failing, criticism, getting… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Another dangerous neoliberal word circulating everywhere that is worth zooming in on is the word ‘resilience’. On the surface, I think many… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
“I want to debunk the myth that originality requires extreme risk taking and persuade you that originals are actually far more ordinary… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“All of that art-for-art’s-sake stuff is BS,” she declares. “What are these people talking about? Are you really telling me that Shakespeare… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
History has shown that there are very few mechanisms as effective at maintaining the status quo as a set of institutionalized regulations.… — Paul Baran Copy Share Image
“A human rights activist is the worst type of person to mess with. If I can choose an enemy between the worst… — Iveta Cherneva Copy Share Image
“Note, though, something else of great significance about the whole Christian theology of resurrection, ascension, second coming, and hope. This theology was… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
This is what a crisis does: It makes you question the status quo. That doesn't mean that after a crisis we move… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“This example highlights two aspects of choice that the standard model of indifference curves does not predict. First, tastes are not fixed;… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The older generations are too wedded to political parties, too wedded to romantic memories of what education was like when they were… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
The idea of justice - even just dreaming of justice - is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Our thoughts about the future go far toward creating it; our minds and hears are like filaments taht connect today to tomorrow,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Some are motivated by a desire to mould the law to expand the rights of the downtrodden, while other may be motivated… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
“it’s counterintuitive that the conventional wisdom is that current market success equates to future market success. But this is, for better or… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
Tennis players have won Grand Slams and gold medals in wheelchairs before, but haven't had that cut through. It's got nothing really… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
At issue is not whether the global economy will pass away. It is passing away. Rising populations and debt combined with depletion… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
“In the beginning we are all floating downstream. At some point we become aware that the currents are dragging us down and… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“Rich, famous, insider journalists do not want to subvert the status quo that so lavishly rewards them. Like all courtiers, they are… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Fear is the single biggest barrier to creativity. Unless we're brave enough to risk looking foolish, we'll inevitably find ourselves sticking to… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's good to shake up the status quo. You just have to make sure that when you turn society on its… — Donna Kauffman Copy Share Image
When the things in front of you in life reveal how messed up the system is, you lose faith in the system… — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
“Like investigation, healthy doubt arises from the urge to know what is true--it challenges assumptions or the status quo in service of… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can't, you'll… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
“At root, they fail to appreciate that the basic nature of the law and the police, since its earliest origins, is to… — Alex Vitale Copy Share Image
The span of a man is three score and 10, or thereabouts. As most Americans are not especially keen on availing themselves… — Theodore Beale Copy Share Image
When you begin the process of unhooking from the outer world, you can find literally hundreds of places where you have given… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
As Oregonians, we share a deep optimism for a better future. From the time of the Oregon Trail, we have understood that… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
“Criticism is like politics: if you don't make your own you are by default accepting the status quo and are finally yourself… — Annie Finch Copy Share Image
