Trying to change Quote by Leonard Cohen Download Open image ““They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom...for trying to change the system from within”” — Leonard Cohen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Trying to change
“The anarchy that threatens a degrading society is not its punishment, but its remedy.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
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“To live in chaos was to live in a prison. Order freed the mind for other things.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“I entertain the idea that if my present life is the punishment for a former life, then I would never want to meet myself… — Sam Pink Copy Share Image
The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul... — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Don't matter if you're rich and strong Don't matter if you're weak Don't matter if you write a song The nightingales repeat Don't matter… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“You don't know me from the wind you never will, you never did I'm the little jew who wrote the Bible. I've seen the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“This is it I’m not coming after you I’m going to lie down for half an hour This is it I’m not going down… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on [some of my songs]. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It's useful because it addresses the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Blessed are you, embrace of the falling, foundation of the light, master of the human accident.” — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“it is a federal system of sadistic torture, vivisection, and animal genocide, which has been carried on for decades under the fraudulent guise of… — Michael Tobias Copy Share Image
“What if I believed that God Himself was the One who decreed I would be a quiet person? What if I believed that God… — Julie Rajnus Copy Share Image
God doesnt try to change the situation because hes trying to change you not only you but god is trying to change your heart — Natalya Johnson Copy Share Image
I noticed you didnt care, so I left. Now your trying to change..I'm sorry i've moved on. — Tierra Williams Copy Share Image
I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight. Something simple… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Trying to change before you're ready isn't likely to be productive. For example, most New Year's resolutions don't last because people spring into action… — Amy Morin Copy Share Image
“The Beats and the Pranksters showed us different ways of opting out of society. They were both the personification of countercultural movements. The Beats… — Sterling Lord Copy Share Image
“I remembered what Dad said once, that some people have all of life's answers worked out the day they're born and there's no use… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Doing things for others can make the 'giver' happy, but trying to change or control another will drive you crazy, because it cannot be… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
I am glad to see there are some football clubs that are trying to change the trend and move it towards a British way… — Gianluca Vialli Copy Share Image
“Do you know what the worst part about relationships is? Trying to change yourself enough that someone else believes that they want to be… — Jason Donnelly Copy Share Image