Change Quotes

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

You don't change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion.

There are millions of kids who, naturally, if we could only remember how it is - you know, you resent authority, you are impatient for change, you want to fix things up.

There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.

No, I am who I am. I'm not going to change for anybody.

Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you.

I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.

I like characters who don't change, who don't learn from their mistakes.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Lighting is an essential way to change the mood of a room, especially if you can use dimmers.

When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

Change is never easy.

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events.

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.

I've heard people say it looks as if I don't care and I've certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I don't think I can change it. I know I'm working as hard as the next man, even if it doesn't always look that way.

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.

If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.

There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things.

France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.

Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings.

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.

I don't think I've ever tried to change anyone. I don't have the energy.

I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school.

I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen.