Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has…

It is the business of future to be dangerous… The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Every time a new nation, America or Russia for instance, advances toward civilization, the human race perfects itself; every time an inferior class emerges…

— Madame de Stael

The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

— Milton Friedman

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

— Milton Friedman

Being an iconic food company can be both a blessing and a curse. It can be a curse if, amidst change, you maintain the…

— Denise Morrison

“The purpose of all of this (left hemisphere's way of choosing denial or repression over considering an anomaly) is to impose stability on behavior…

— V.S. Ramachandran

I'm optimistic that none of my members in the end want to be responsible for the status quo on Obamacare.

— Mitch McConnell

The media can be an instrument of change. It can maintain the status quo and reflect the views of the society or it can…

— Katie Couric

NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they…

— Arundhati Roy

“In the twenty-first century, the winners will be those who stay ahead of the change curve, constantly redefining their industries, creating new markets, blazing…

— Rowan Gibson

We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends…

— Sam Harris

As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and…

— Lily Cole

If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status…

— Eli Broad

Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else.

— Craig Ferguson

“All to often, on the long road up, young leaders become servants of what is rather than shapers of what might be.”

— John Gardner