Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cal Thomas

In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.

Catherine the Great

it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

Catherine the Great

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

Casey Affleck

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me

Ludovico Ariosto

Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.

Michael Stipe

I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed.

The pounds are not as important as the inches. I felt a change in my clothes first.

Harry Sinden

The position we find ourselves in relative to the post-season has dictated that a change would be made. Our judgment was that it would be unfair to Mike O'Connell to continue working at this job once this decision had been made.

The perception essentially has been that you get sappy movies for women over 35, and I really want to change that.

Eddie Irvine

The people who don't know me only see me through sound bites, and everything's changed around. Things I've said are changed to suit the magazine or newspaper concerned. The people who know me have a very different view, I would say.

Fred Taylor

The point is, we're moving in that direction and many of the constituents and mechanisms involved are the same. Even a few degrees change in temperature can be a disaster on Earth.

James Joyce

We are praying now for the repose of his soul. Hoping you're well and not in hell. Nice change of air. Out of the frying pan of life into the fire of purgatory.

We are pleased with initial customer reactions to our merchandise assortment changes and store service improvements. While still early, we are making visible progress with our targeted initiatives.

We've always been concerned about this, but we stepped in two years ago to stop this trend. Having completed the first full year of AccessUVa, we have seen a change in those numbers, and we are not going to let up until we've turned the trend line.

We've already noticed some changes in the water.

We usually start off slowly. We usually play better in the second half, but we just played well in the second quarter and they really struggled shooting the ball. Obviously, that made things easier for us. We didn't change anything. We went with our game plan. We just did a better job executing.

We are a fully professional orchestra with fully paid musicians, but we are still perceived as a small community orchestra. We need to change that.

We are making adjustments in the first quarter of this year because of changes in our military support business. These changes have forced us to make this necessary decision to ensure our competitiveness.

We are looking forward to presenting in Frankfurt the great changes that have taken place in India over the last 20 years.

Bill Belichick

There are changes every year. It's hard to tell how all of those will pan out. But there's a lot of work to do.

There are big expectations put on all of us, but it's not going to change the way we play.

We strive for 100 percent. Our goal is to be perfect. When you set that as your goal, you know you will change those numbers for the better.

We stopped at the edge of town, changed our clothes, and took the decorations off the car.

We still take feedback, and there are still design change requests that are put in, and it is possible to see some features come and go.

Jeb Bush

We're in an emergency situation in our state. That's the difference.... If you change your prices three times in a day, or two times in a day, and it's the same gas that you had in your tank, there is no justification for that.

We started out in a 2-3, which wasn't a very good defense ... because they can shoot the 3, and two of them can drive to the goal. So we changed it to a 3-2 and it worked much better.

Faye White

We started off well in the second leg and got a goal, which is what we needed. We can't complain about the first part of the game but it all changed when they got a penalty,

Frank Robinson

We started making subtle changes during the course of that (1988) season and got prepared for '89,

We stand at the threshold of a dramatic change in the picture of mammalian evolutionary history, and many chapters of it will soon need rewriting.

John Ashcroft

Where there are responsible changes to be made, we will make them, ... Where there are mistakes to acknowledge, we will not shy away from doing so. Those who step forward to voice their legitimate concerns will be welcomed, and often their ideas reviewed and embraced.

You make music to change the radio, not make music for the radio.

Leos Carax

I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I wanted to reinvent myself.

Laurent Brancowitz

It's a great honor when somebody takes your song and does something different with it. That's what music is all about: to constantly change what somebody else has done.