143 Quotes About Status-quo

Meaningful, lasting change only happens when the pain of the status quo finally outstrips the fear or the anticipated pain of the change we seek.

Há tres maneiras de ser situacionista, isto é, de ser partidario de qualquer situação política. A primeira é a conformidade por dotrina; a segunda a conformidade por aceitação; a terceira a conformidade por não-oposição. Deixo de parte uma das mais vulgares - a conformidade por vantagem [...]. A conformidade por indiferença vale por adesão por só não ser hostilização.

Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo?I didn't.

Americans have a tendency to take much of our long-term economic, technological, medical, and social progress for granted, while assuming problems will only get worse. This is unwarranted.

There is this common notion that people are shallow and ignorant until they go out and see the world. I, on the other hand, went out and in comparison realized I was in pretty good standing.

The inquisitive nature of youth should carry over into our adult lives. Challenging the status quo and enticing curiosity should be a daily practice of adult life.

If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart is talking.

The visionary is destined to walk in solitude.If the vision is truly original;If the vision is truly unprecedented;Then by its very nature, only the visionary is privy to its wonders. It is the burden of a single soul.Alone.For even the visionary must peel back, chisel and ax away at the status quo to eventually reveal for all humanity what is yet unseen and unheard of. The visionary is the sculptor releasing the vision from the block of stone that is convention.

When what we have mastered becomes mundane, we feel pain. The antidote is pursuit.