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Change Quotes

On growth, risk and embracing change.

These quotes weigh change from different sides: the risk of a compromised security key, the weight of scientific change on a global scale, and a simple wish to leave things somewhat better than they were found. For more, see our Change The World quotes.

Any time you have change, it costs somebody. Somebody is a loser.

Quotes by Robert J. Shiller

I want to remind people that the Nazis weren't able to take the Jews to the crematoriums immediately. The German people wouldn't have allowed for it. Instead, the Nazis had to change public opinion. They marginalized the Jewish people, disparaged...

Quotes by Robert Jeffress

The fact that what we believe about marriage - that it should be between a man and a woman - and that we're pro-life, somehow that becomes radical? Why is that? It's because our culture has changed. But the truth...

Quotes by Robert Jeffress

If things don't work in education, we need change.

Quotes by Robert J. Bentley

It's unfortunate that all business gets painted as wanting to oppose the environment and slow change.

Quotes by Robert J. Fisher

Social mores change all the time. In the mid-1970s, it would've been astonishing, say, to see two men holding hands in the streets. And the attitude to having a fling with a girl, or whatever, was quite different then.

Quotes by Robert Harris

I can't get very excited about the House of Commons these days because I don't feel the power is there. What is really bizarre is that you sense it is not in Washington either. It is now very hard even...

Quotes by Robert Harris

I am sure future historians will say the biggest and most astonishing change in politics has been the embracing of all the tenets of Thatcherism by the party of Keir Hardie: trade union legislation, Europe, the replacement of Trident, 10...

Quotes by Robert Harris

If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.

Quotes by Robert Hewison

Every so often, it's time to make a change with a showrunner; you evaluate the creative and how the show is run, how the writing staff works.

Quotes by Robert Greenblatt

I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it.

Quotes by Robert Greenwald

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

Quotes by Robert Griffin III

The Roman Catholic Church isn't going to change its theologies.

Quotes by Robert H. Schuller

I had an amazing experience being on a hit show for Showtime, doing 'Queer as Folk', and impacting things socially, like helping change hearts and minds. It's such a big chapter of my life.

Quotes by Robert Gant

I started out playing traditional jazz, and I still do: I love standards, I love the music. But it must move on, and it must live and breathe, and continue to grow, and continue to change, and continue to mesh...

Quotes by Robert Glasper

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

Quotes by Robert Goulet

You cannot change the conclusion of the brain by torture, nor by social ostracism. But I will tell you what you can do by these and what you have done. You can make hypocrites by the million.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

One of the most startling events in my life was when my older son was about 16, and he blamed me for all the troubles of the world. So I, I felt like telling him, 'Oh no, I was just...

Quotes by Robert Fogel

Our group has been in Asia since 1981 in mining, oil and gas. Now we want to mine not silver and gold, but great stories and people, and change the world of cinema, and we want to do that by...

Quotes by Robert Friedland

The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.

Quotes by Robert Fulghum

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of change are reflected in these quotes?
The quotes range from a technical point about changing a compromised security key, to sobering reflections on the "terrible change" atomic weapons could bring, to more personal takes on embracing change while aging and wanting to "cause a change" for the better.
Is there a quote about the risks of major technological change?
Yes: "If we made atomic bombs, we would bring about a terrible change in the world. Who knows what would happen from this?" a cautionary reflection on the consequences of that kind of change.
Is there a quote about accepting change personally?
Yes: "Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yourself," framing change as something to embrace rather than resist. For more on acceptance as a mindset, see Acceptance.
Is there a quote about wanting to make the world better?
Yes: "I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better," a simple statement of intent to have a positive impact. For more on that larger ambition, see Change The World.
Where can I find more concise, quote-style content on change?
For short, shareable one-liners on this theme, see Anmol Vachan, or for quotes about things that are inherently changeable, Changeable.

Continue with our Acceptance quotes or the Hindi-language Anmol Vachan collection.