Status Quo Quotes

269 quotes by 225 authors

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo. — Gerry Adams
Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo. — Karl Barth
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. — Warren G. Bennis
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. — Jello Biafra
I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy. — Eli Broad
In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo. — Tony Campolo
The status quo sucks. — George Carlin
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have… — Sandra Cisneros
Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise. — Ian Anderson
It's different when you talk about immigration in the abstract... It's very different when you sit in front of a family, and [undocumented] children who… — Mike Coffman
The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo. — Seth Godin
Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to the rest of creation, it's… — Bill McKibben
Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American system - its… — Cesar Chavez
The Republican candidates are talking about ways to transition this program and it is a monstrous lie. It is a ponzi scheme to tell our… — Rick Perry
Never accept or be too comfortable with the status quo, because the companies that get into trouble are historically the ones that aren't able to… — Tony Hsieh
Like the early Christians, we must move into a sometime hostile world armed with the revolutionary gospel of Jesus Christ. With this powerful gospel we… — Martin Luther
We can walk together to change the status quo. — Ken Wyatt
The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and… — James A. Baldwin
The insistence on complete certainty about the full details of global warming-the most serious threat we have ever faced-is actually an effort to avoid facing… — Al Gore

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