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
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
“Racism, prejudices and fear of changing the status quo are so deeply embedded in our ruling class that there is a silent… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
If architecture is going to nudge, cajole, and inspire a community to challenge the status quo into making responsible changes, it will… — Samuel Mockbee Copy Share Image
The key to stopping the hard-right nationalist forces poised to pounce on Brexit isn't going to be finessing a reprieve for the… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Those who are truly decrepit, living corpses, so to speak, are the middle-aged, middle-class men and woman who are stuck in their… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“JavaScript has a very powerful object model, but one that is a bit different than the status quo object-oriented language. Rather than… — Eric Freeman Copy Share Image
“God encounters are to occur and continue throughout the life of a believer, constantly bringing each of us into a higher level… — Robin Bertram 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
“A person does not reach the pinnacle of self-realization without relentlessly exploring the parameters of the self, exhausting their psychic energy coming… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A victim evokes sympathy, right? Victims are not responsible, right? Victims have the moral high ground… someone else is causing the misery,… — David W. Earle Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I want to sound like a candidate. I just want to sound like an American who's trying to make… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The taboos that I have mentioned are extraordinarily harsh and numerous. They stand around nearly every subject that is genuinely important to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I would write, Dear Diary, Today I convinced myself it's ok to give up. Stick with the status quo, now just isn't… — L J Smith Copy Share Image
The key.. will be a new public awareness of how serious is the threat to the global environment. Those who have a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, proceeding in the dark and aiming an arrow at the elusive, mythical dragon trumps all the rational arguments for not proceeding.… — Rebecca J. Anderson 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
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
In some ways I'm oddly traditional, I've been a serial monogamist since I was 12. I've always tried to work hard and… — Jennifer Westfeldt Copy Share Image
If you're using comedy to shame people for getting informed and questioning authority, you're not doing comedy, you're doing propaganda, 'cause comedy… — Jimmy Dore Copy Share Image
If I know I'm going to be in a little different system, I'm 39, I can plan for that; we can plan… — Sean Duffy 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
“You need courage because at various moments in your life you might need to attempt something new, push yourself outside your comfort… — Mensah Oteh Copy Share Image
I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
“It took a strength of character far greater than the norm to stand up to the status quo. To insist you be… — Lane Hayes Copy Share Image
The media can be an instrument of change. It can maintain the status quo and reflect the views of the society or… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
“Intercession I once heard intercession defined as “rebellion against the status quo.” To pray for your group members and to reserve meeting… — Terry Powell Copy Share Image
If you want a president who will upend the status quo in Washington, D.C., and appoint justices of the Supreme Court who… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The attackers are the people with bold, innovative ideas, who are trying to disrupt the status quo, and usher in a better… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
I think when somebody wants to work diligently, when somebody wants to take away the cobwebs and see where attention is needed,… — Smriti Irani 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
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
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
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
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
