Status quo Quote by Steve Lacy Download Open image “Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.” — Steve Lacy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Original Thing Status quo Thing Say Threat Threat Status Uprising
The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I think when you see that the status quo creates pain and anguish and suffering, what I am most afraid of is that things… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
People are scared to speak out against the status quo: their jobs and livelihoods, they believe, are at risk. — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
There's nothing more fundamentally disruptive to the status quo than a new reality. — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister current is to break the rules… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk.… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having the potential… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk.… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
“All to often, on the long road up, young leaders become servants of what is rather than shapers of what might be.” — John Gardner Copy Share Image
Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“In the twenty-first century, the winners will be those who stay ahead of the change curve, constantly redefining their industries, creating new markets, blazing… — Rowan Gibson Copy Share Image
NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The media can be an instrument of change. It can maintain the status quo and reflect the views of the society or it can… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic that none of my members in the end want to be responsible for the status quo on Obamacare. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
“The purpose of all of this (left hemisphere's way of choosing denial or repression over considering an anomaly) is to impose stability on behavior… — V.S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
Being an iconic food company can be both a blessing and a curse. It can be a curse if, amidst change, you maintain the… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
