There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity.
I also take it as granted that every created thing, and consequently the created monad also, is subject to change, and indeed that this change is continual in each one.
If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
The electoral system is not where change starts - it usually starts in communities and from the bottom up - but it is where change can be stopped.
There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you're still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being.
Many new technologies come with a promise to change the world, but the world refuses to cooperate.
You collect people to take with you. Some people change, other people don't... it's wonderful because I've met some incredible friends.
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
What we've got is the wholesale embrace of fracking domestically, internationally and for export. And this couldn't be further from what we really need to do to address climate change.
Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change.
You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'
We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.
President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
There are a lot of millionairess situations. I'm one of them. I've always dated down financially. And now I'm changing my tune on that one. Things are going to change for me.
We want to bring better products to Vietnam. My hope is through changes in lifestyle and the products we consume, it will affect the people and change the way they are thinking.
What happened to the tradition of walking to school? The simple answer is change. Change in traffic patterns and street planning that have made school routes less pedestrian-friendly.
It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy.
There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.
You worked every day to earn what's on the table, literally. It was a week-to-week thing. And I wouldn't change it. I would not change it for anything.
