Quo Quotes

272 Quo quotes by 226 unique authors

In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the insurgents. — Rollo May
New forms of media - first movies, then television, talk radio and now the Internet - tend to challenge traditional codes of conduct. They flout… — Willow Bay
The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted. — Julie Christie
If I know I'm going to be in a little different system, I'm 39, I can plan for that; we can plan for that. Doing… — Sean Duffy
The organism is thus being preconditioned for the spontaneous acceptance of what is offered. Inasmuch as the greater liberty involves a contraction rather than extension… — Herbert Marcuse
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will develop new urges,… — Rene Dubos
In the town of Bethlehem many years ago, a man got religion and he changed the status quo. — Phil Ochs
When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming… — Abdallah II
Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable. — Karen Mills
The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo. — Jack Kemp
The status quo (of development) pre-ordains failure from the very beginning. — Gene Kim
They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside… — Anthony Holden
Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination… — Ai Weiwei
We expect the Taiwan authorities publicly to correct the record and unambiguously affirm that the February 27 announcement did not abolish the National Unification Council,… — Joseph Adam Ereli
Fewer than 40 percent of the alternative therapies are discussed with one's physician, In my personal view, the current status quo which could easily be… — David Eisenberg
I'm not a gamer. But I am very aware of the escapism of drugs. In my mind those kind of do the same thing. They… — Joshua Mohr
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an Ephemeral, evanescent domestic… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Relief is a great feeling.It's the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to… — Vera Nazarian
Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new. — Orrin Woodward
I'm a harsh critic of the status quo. — Andrew Cuomo
Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I… — Claire Danes
The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend an imploding status quo. — Mitch Daniels
I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most… — Angela Davis
I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many people,… — Rita Dove

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