It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation.
Most of the time I don't force records. I'm not one of these guys that put records out every nine, 10 months. I'm pretty long between records. I've only had a few in my career. I kind of wait until I feel I have really strong songs. I don't know if they're going to change the world or not, but I dig 'em, and if I dig 'em we make a record.
We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life!
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.
At Apple, we believe that people with passion can change the world.
I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.
We (actors) don't really change the world. We reflect it... but Washington really changes the world.
You change the world by being yourself.
Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
You don't change the world by hiding in the woods, wearing a hair shirt, or buying indulgences in the form of 'Save the Earth' bumper stickers. You do it by articulating a vision for the future and pursuing it with all the ingenuity humanity can muster.
I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.
I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.
If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room.
I don't want to change the world; I want to evolve myself.
Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.
I remember being young in the 1960s... we had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world.
I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
Back in those days we thought we could change the world.
I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.
Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances.
I can't change the world. I have to fix me.
When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.
I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.
That taught me one lesson which is that you're naive to believe that bands can change the world. Bands are very naive to think that just if their audience thinks that they can change the world, that they can. That was quite a lesson for my career, really.