Sparking Change Quotes & Sayings

It's a natural thing for a child to lose a parent. I lost my mom too young but it happened. And I'm happy she's out of pain, 'cause I love her and she's my friend. — Angelina Jolie

Has it ever occurred to you," she asked Rachel, "that the constitutional amendment protecting your right to follow Mormon doctrine is the same amendment that's supposed to protect everybody else from being forced to live according to your religious beliefs? — Marie Sexton

I write to understand what I know. — Kamand Kojouri

May your criminal enjoyments vanish as a shadow! may your ill-gotten wealth leave you without a resource; and may you yourself remain alone and deserted, to learn the vanity of these things, which now divert you from better pursuits! — Antoine Francois Prevost D'Exiles

Sparta has no philosophers. That's because the job of a philosopher is to understand things better, which is a form of change, so they don't want it. Another difference: they don't honour living poets, only dead ones. Why? Because dead poets don't write anything new, but live ones do. A third difference: their education system is insanely harsh; ours is famously lax. Why? Because they don't want their kids to dare to question anything, so that they won't ever think of changing anything. How — David Deutsch

Who the heck is Don Quick-oats? — Libba Bray

The earlier you intervene, the less likely that people will get defensive. The more real-time and specific your feedback is, the easier it is for people to receive it and learn from it. The — Jonathan Raymond

When negative feelings move upon you, reflect, and recognize the danger of feeding those feelings and keeping them alive. — Bryant McGill

I would not be able to change a sparking plug and I would not be able to fly a spaceship or build a rocket or whatever. But what I am good at doing is finding brilliant people and surrounding myself with brilliant people. — Richard Branson

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.' — Salli Richardson

Hot chocolate in Central Park! What was the Dark Tower compared to that? — Stephen King

I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do. — Jeanne Tripplehorn

This is the secret, THE secret ... De-automatize. — Osho