Change Quotes

"Instruction tables will have to be changed a very great number of times."

"Something new that has departed from tradition is worth doing only if it is done very well."

"Anything that evolves must take chances."

"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair."

"We have been a careless and destructive race."

"We must choose between short-term gain and long-term survival."

"The most dangerous phrase in the language is 'We've always done it this way.'"

"The way we have always done it is no way to do anything at all."

"Human beings are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.'"

"Why do we have to keep doing the same thing over and over? Maybe we should try something different."

"Evolution is not about survival of the fittest, but survival of the most cooperative."

"The greatest revolutionary force in nature is not aggression, but symbiosis."

"Life's answer to change is not survival of the strongest, but adaptation through partnership."

"Your past does not define your future."

"Change is the only constant in this world."

"The path of progress is barred by a hundred men appointed to guard it."

"Real obstacles don't take you in new directions. They simply block your old way."

"Change is inevitable and necessary."

"The pulsar wasn't just a discovery—it was an invitation to see reality anew."

"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have such a strong bias toward implementation."

"Change in science comes not from authority, but from evidence."

"Change happens when someone refuses to accept that something cannot be done."

"The digital revolution is not about the machines themselves, but about the revolution in human thought they represent."

"Evolution is not a ladder but a vast, interconnected web of cooperation and change."

"Symbiosis is ongoing; we are all evolving through our partnerships right now."

"The stresses of modern life demand inventive solutions."

"Change is inevitable; progress is optional."

"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Frost's poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been travelling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster."

"A revolution is required in our thinking about how we relate to the living world and our place within it."

"Life is, we believe, a lively process which forever must be going forward, not backward, not merely standing still."