Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
“My mission is to offend and insult the bourgeois defenders of the status quo, and entertain those who enjoy sex, violence and… — Ian Martin Copy Share Image
“Oh, religion and talk of differences in morality, all of that us-versus-them stuff, is what gets the common man behind the war… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
The truth is, every movie is a message movie. It's just that most movies have messages that are in lock step with… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
“If you like the relationship results you have been getting and don’t see any need for improvement, your status quo may actually… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I am afraid of what is happening in the West. In a way, the link between art and politics is about to… — Moddi Copy Share Image
The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot. — Helen Mirren 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
“Education as the practice of freedom affirms healthy selfesteem in students as it promotes their capacity to be aware and live consciously.… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Curiosity about the world and questioning of the status quo to open minds to alternative visions of the future are essential leadership… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
Entertain, yes. That goes without saying. But a good writer does that automatically, it's built into the machine. Telling a thumpingly good,… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“Naysayers at their polite best chided the rewilders for romanticizing the past; at their sniping worst, for tempting a 'Jurassic Park' disaster.… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo. — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
John Akers once said that changing IBM's culture was more difficult than getting elephants to dance. Of course it's really difficult, as… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which… — Tom Green 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
“Something must be radically wrong with a culture and a civilisation when its youth begins to desert it. Youth is the natural… — Harold Edmund Stearns Copy Share Image
Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
“creativity results from a restlessness to improve the status quo and involves generation of new ideas, use of the imagination, and decision… — Carolyn Zeisset Copy Share Image
Snowpiercer has both [optimistic and pessimistic]. It was essentially optimistic. The most pessimistic was my part, because of his knowledge. He knows… — John Hurt Copy Share Image