Quotes about change
change chaos bureaucracy
Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. Richard M. Nixon
change strong children
What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance. Richard M. Nixon
change character years
I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want. Robert Carlyle
change fun kids
When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'. River Phoenix
change mean japan
I haven't changed. If it seems I'm becoming more mainstream, doesn't that mean instead that Japan is aligning itself with me? I haven't changed one bit. Takafumi Horie
change race reform
The reason I entered the election race was to promote reforms. For us who engage in business, we will be severely affected if financial and structural reforms don't proceed. Takafumi Horie
change growth body
Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.] Tacitus
change arrows july
I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. Sylvia Plath
change interesting sometimes
Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit. Roy Lichtenstein
change too-late never-too-late
It was never too late to undo who you had become. Rosanne Cash
change courage-to-change
There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change. Rollo May
change political needs
We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why. Samantha Morton
change old-buildings firsts
Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one. Rumi
change accepting-change accepting
Accept change as a friend. And don't take yourself too seriously. Tom Peters
change successful yesterday
The principal reason, invariably, most "successful" giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact, the worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday's turf. Tom Peters
change breakfast company
Companies have got to learn to eat change for breakfast. Tom Peters
change past enthusiasm
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. Tom Peters
change past demand
To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past. Tom Peters
change work life-changing
Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it Steve Jobs
change graduation death
Death is very likely the single best invention of life. Steve Jobs
change best-job stanford-university
Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world? Steve Jobs
change success trust
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. Steve Jobs
change life-changing hard-work
Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. Steve Jobs
change inspiring life-changing
That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. Steve Jobs
change heart forever
The entire world may not change. The entire world cannot change. The entire world even will not change. But your tiny world you can and will change forever at this very moment with the help of your confidence-heart. Yours will be the unparalleled victory. Sri Chinmoy
change thinking differences
The world has improved mostly because unorthodox people did unorthodox things. Not surprisingly, they had the courage and daring to think they could make a difference. Ruby Dee
change two differences
When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon those states themselves and not upon the manner in which the system may pass from one state to the other. Rudolf Arnheim
change seems ifs
It almost seems that if you can describe it, you can change it. Ross Bleckner
change teaching elephants
Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking. Ross Perot
change ships chickens
If you're going to cook a fresh chicken, it's not a big concern. But if you're going to ship a chicken, there's a change in structure. Roger Clemens