Shift Quotes

649 quotes by 538 authors

We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed by the people… — John Ralston Saul
Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are… — Wangari Maathai
You know, radio DJ's must really love to talk to theirselves. Especially when they have the graveyard shift. 'Hey this is Ellen with 89.1. It… — Ellen DeGeneres
I finally figured out that Iâ€™m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so many people think they own… — Charles de Lint
Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell… — Shannon Hale
If you were to give me forty such men, I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I… — Jane Austen
We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift. — Al Gore
You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now on, little by… — Haruki Murakami
But when the fairy sang the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur;… — Susanna Clarke
Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
A serious adult story must be true to something in life. Since marvel tales cannot be true to the events of life, they must shift… — H P Lovecraft
...it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word… — Steve Martin
To make our communications more effective, we need to shift our thinking from "What information do I need to convey?" to "What questions do I… — Chip Heath
Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success. — Ian Fleming
His bondage had softened him. Irresponsibility had weakened him. He had forgotten how to shift for himself. The night yawned about him. — Jack London
(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer. — Jodi Picoult
What is real to me is the power of our awareness when we are focused on something beyond ourselves. It is a shaft of light… — Terry Tempest Williams
Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet,… — Sarah Dessen

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