Change the world Quote by David Nicholls

You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes.

— David Nicholls

“I started off wanting to change the world, now I'm just hoping the world doesn't change me.”

— Ray Mileur

There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity.

— Gioconda Belli

“Dare to change the world There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old…

— Gioconda Belli

“getting sick and tired of people thinking they could tell me what to do, how to act, and yes, how to fucking think”

— Ella Frank

I make art to figure out what I'm thinking, not to tell people what I think.

— Glenn Ligon

“He was thinking, but she could tell he wasn't good at it…'Where do you live,' she asked, 'and how do I get there?”

— Lorrie Moore

“Live each day as if it's our last', that was the conventional advice, but really who had the energy for that? What if it…

— David Nicholls

“I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she said. ‘You know, actually change something.’ ‘What, like “change the world”,…

— David Nicholls

I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world, wanting to…

— Donald Miller

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

— David Nicholls

You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.

— Abe Burrows

“If you don’t learn to laugh at yourself, You'll miss out on a lot of good jokes in life.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

Writing good jokes requires effort. Think I'll just start dressing funnier.

— Dov Davidoff

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn't give them to someone else, even for money. It just…

— Steven Wright