Change Quote by Clay Shirky Download Open image “One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction...” — Clay Shirky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Change Our society Prevention Reactions
It is change continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress. — William Feather Copy Share Image
American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away. — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Deep and sustainable change...requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change. — Douglas B. Reeves Copy Share Image
True prevention is not waiting for bad things to happen, it's preventing things from happening in the first place. — Don McPherson Copy Share Image
I can only encourage everyone to take a close look at their practices. Prevention is always better than cure. — Neelie Kroes Copy Share Image
Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of human activities, in habits… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I believe that through positive thoughts, speech, action and attitudes, we change things for the better. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Individual advances turn into social change when enough of them occur. — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
To have a discussion about the plusses and minuses of various forms of group action, though, is going to require discussing the current tools… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
“Mass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move.” — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
“Information sharing produces shared awareness among the participants, and collaborative production relies on shared creation, but collective action creates shared responsibility, by tying the… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
More interesting than thinking about what's possible in 10 years is thinking what's possible now but that no one has built. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
“Digital networks are increasing the fluidity of all media. The old choice between one-way public media (like books and movies) and two-way private media… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Tools get socially interesting after they're no longer technologically interesting. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
If what you're doing is valuable for people, they will find a way to pay you to keep doing it. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics, degrading their… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Stay focused on bringing people together and more on positive messaging so that you can be the change you wish to see in the… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image