Churchgoers in America are notorious for jumping into movements, even ideas that are hard to listen to. But when they actually have to change their lifestyle and do something about it, it rarely translates into action.
Companies from which I have purchased items are more than welcome to call me with a sale or discount. If I request information on your Web site, please call me. If I don't want your wares, calling me 15 times in a week will not change that.
I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
Trade unions have stood at the front lines of struggles for democratic change and social justice throughout history. In many countries, we are the organized voice of oppositions to governments operating at the behest of corporate power and vested interests.
The development of a political-economic framework to explore long-run institutional change occupied me during all of the 1980s and led to the publication of Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in 1990.
The globalization of the capital market is actually part of economic globalization. This will create a change in the entire world economy, not just restricted to some fields in some countries.
The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right to change them, changes in our system would be careful and deliberate.
Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.
Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from.
The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change.
Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.
In Hollywood it's really tough to change genres; you have to re-prove yourself.
It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.
Effectively, change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation and consensus.
I haven't always voted for the same party, mostly because I find that strange. One thing I've never quite understood is when people say 'I'm a Conservative' or 'I'm Labour,' before even hearing what the person running stands for or wants to change.
It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people.
The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.
How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.
I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.
I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as I'm alive and I'm living and I'm experiencing different things every day, the show will always change.
I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.
Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the subject.' Every time you move your eyes, there's an interruption in the visual field - you go momentarily blind when your eyeballs are moving.
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
The American people know that climate change is the kind of problem only America can solve.
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.
Change alone is unchanging.
People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.
Each season I find myself constantly inspired by 'The Biggest Loser' contestants. Their tenacity and willingness to learn new, healthy habits is tremendous and the results speak for themselves. I am honored to be part of such an inspiring program that helps inspire positive change in so many lives.
Incrementalism in technology leads to irrelevance; what you need is revolutionary change.
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.
I have to try and change the landscape, whatever it is.
I do better with routines and predictability. I don't react well when there's a sudden change in the schedule.
When I came into the CEO office, I basically changed the entire management team. We knew that we had to change the company, so we needed a new set of leaders.
