Status Quotes

1261 Status quotes by 934 unique authors

Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone around them. They… — Harvey Mackay
Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term… — Simon Mainwaring
Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to… — Simon Mainwaring
Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status. — Nelson Mandela
It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity. It's… — Shirley Manson
The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants… — Susana Martinez
Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and… — Jon Meacham
Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay. — Gary Miller
When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were… — Brian Mulroney
Study after study confirms that even when you control for variables like profession, education, hours worked, age, marital status, and children, men still are compensated… — Dee Dee Myers
One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more… — Bill Nighy
I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo. — Michael Nutter
Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most… — Hakeem Olajuwon
In an interesting inversion of status, the reigning breed in the dog park these days is the really-oddball-unidentifiable-mixed-breed-mutt-found-wandering-the-street or its equivalent. The stranger the mutt… — Susan Orlean
Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good,… — Sarah Palin
I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is… — Chuck Palahniuk
Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think,… — Gwyneth Paltrow
And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started. — Rick Perry
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. — Laurence J. Peter
People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but… — Steven Pinker
Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. — Harold Pinter
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. — Ronald Reagan
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province… — David Rockefeller
When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn't see it. He can't. He's average and is surrounded by and… — George Saunders
Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march. — Howard Schultz

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