Quo Quotes

272 Quo quotes by 226 unique authors

There's nothing more fundamentally disruptive to the status quo than a new reality. — Umair Haque
Only unconditional grace can transform a hardened heart into a grateful heart. Only a free gift can demolish any notion of quid pro quo. Only… — Mark Galli
There is no permanent status quo in nature; all is the process of adjustment and readjustment, or else eventual failure. But man is the first… — Hermann Joseph Muller
It's not a matter of maintaining the status quo. We have to create a dynamic state, oriented towards expansion. — David Ben-Gurion
Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don't embrace the status quo. — Howard Schultz
There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar. — Garry Kasparov
We don't differ with the government on the demands [on Iran], but we totally reject how Bibi is handling it. Bibi sacrificed good relations with… — John F. Kerry
Fear is the single biggest barrier to creativity. Unless we're brave enough to risk looking foolish, we'll inevitably find ourselves sticking to the status quo.… — Josh Linkner
Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo. — Steve Lacy
The status quo is never news, only challenges to it. — Malorie Blackman
Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok. — Dick Gephardt
The mind is reluctant to embrace deep change, and will play devious games to maintain the status quo. — Kristin Linklater
Live My Life provides a much needed shot of timely, thought-provoking, musically forward, irreverence to the status quo, — Nomi Prins
In today's world where, more than ever, the ongoing concentration of money and power in the hands of a self-selected few, relies on political and… — Nomi Prins
The attackers are the people with bold, innovative ideas, who are trying to disrupt the status quo, and usher in a better way. We need… — Steve Case
A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of… — Joseph Campbell
Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction. — Charles Koch
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… — Mehmet Oz
And when you get an eminent journal like Time magazine complaining, as it often has, that to the young writers of today life seems short… — William Styron
The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country. — Howard Dean
Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the… — Warren G. Bennis
All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural order of things. — Gunnar Myrdal
My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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