Changing The World Quotes - Page 19

• Don't accept the excuse of complexity. A lot of people will tell you, this is too challenging, this is too complicated, yeah well I know other people simplify but that's not for me, this is a complicated business. They're wrong. You can change the world in 140 characters.

  Keith Rabois

  Character, People, Challenges

  "Lecture 14: How to Operate" by Keith Rabois, genius.com. November 6, 2014.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit-driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn't matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. If your idea rocks and you can execute, you can change the world and/or get really, stinking rich.

  Michael Arrington

  Sex, Rocks, Color

  4 Copy quote

• An authentic faith-which is never comfortable or completely personal-always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it.

  Pope Francis

  Desire, World, Earth

  8 Copy quote

• I don't know if I was as ambitious as to change the world, but I do feel like - the reason why I called the album "Our Version of Events" was that I feel a lot of people are not represented in pop music and popular culture.

  Emeli Sande

  People, Ambitious, Events

  Source: www.pbs.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Democracy is about criticism. I didn't elect Obama because he's a black; I voted for Obama because he was the right person at the time. Period. The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does. And who he has at the table. And what he does to change the world - that's what's important.

  Danny Glover

  Black, Important, President

  Interview with Ed Rampell, progressive.org. February 8, 2012.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• I wanted to be part of changing the world. I don't want to just stand by and watch it be however it is.

  Boots Riley

  Watches, World, Want

  5 Copy quote

• You write in order to change the world.

  James A. Baldwin

  Writing, Order, World

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Social media is changing the world, and we're all here whitnessing it.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Media, World, Social

  6 Copy quote

• If you want to change the world's spirit, I will suggest that only poetry can do this.

  Andrei Voznesensky

  World, Want, Spirit

  10 Copy quote

• As far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single handed, he is trying to change the world, regardless of any personal consequences.

  Christopher Lee

  Character, Trying, World

  12 Copy quote

• I think Anarky's age is right now. He looks like a street protester. He looks like Anonymous. He's like one of these guys who wants to go out there and change the world to what he believes is the better, and I think of all the Batman enemies, and one of the reasons I'm most excited about Anarky, is he feels relevant today.

  Eric Holmes

  Believe, Thinking, Guy

  "Batman Arkham Origins Gameplay Dev Walkthrough with Adam Sessler! E3 2013". June 06, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who is 17, has become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. So a Pakistani teenager literally can change the world, while American teenagers literally can't even.

  Colin Jost

  Teenager, Winning, World

  9 Copy quote

• I coach to help boys become men of empathy and integrity who will lead, be responsible, and change the world for good.

  Joe Ehrmann

  Integrity, Men, Boys

  Joe Ehrmann, Gregory Jordan (2011). “InSideOut Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

  31 Copy quote

  Show source

• We're not trying to change the world; just music.

  Jonathan Davis

  Change, Trying, World

  6 Copy quote

• My theory is that when you're young, you should work eighty hours a week to create a product or service that changes the world.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Work, World, Week

  Guy Kawasaki (2008). “Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition”, p.61, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I can't tell you how much I appreciate these young [Israeli] designers. There's too much strife in the world. If we become united in our creativity, not only in what we wear, but what we do, we will change the world. It's truly an honor to be around such inspiration.

  Donna Karan

  Inspiration, Creativity, Israel

  4 Copy quote

• I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we've got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California.

  Meg Whitman

  Country, Business, Technology

  "Former eBay CEO Shares Her Values In A New Book". "Morning Edition" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. January 25, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There is a family of us who have this yearning for a kind of excellence that we can manifest every day of our lives, a family who wants to believe we're not pawns, we're not victims on this planet, that knows we have the power within us here and now to change the world we see around us!

  Richard Bach

  Spiritual, Believe, Excellence

  7 Copy quote

• As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Trying, Twenties, World

  Jacqueline Novogratz (2012). “The Blue Sweater : Bridging The Gap Between Rich And Poor In An Intercnnected World”, p.4, HarperCollins Publishers

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• .....before we can change the world we need to change our minds.

  Joey Reiman

  Change, Mind, Needs

  Joey Reiman (2001). “Thinking for a Living: Creating Ideas That Revitalize Your Business, Career, and Life”, p.71, Taylor Trade Publishing

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• SETH said: There is nothing more stimulating, more worthy of actualization, than the desire to change the world for the better. That is indeed each person's mission. You begin by working in that area of activity that is your own unique one, with your own life and activities. You begin in the corner of an office, or on the assembly line, or in the advertising agency, or in the kitchen. You begin where you are.

  Jane Roberts

  Change, Unique, Agency

  19 Copy quote

• Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

  Melinda Gates

  Life, Positive, Success

  91 Copy quote

• In the future, women, rather than men, will be the ones to change the world.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Inspiring, Men, Feminism

  "Malala Yousafzai’s Toughest Battle?" by Maria Rioumine and Adnan Rafiq, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2013.

  41 Copy quote

  Show source

• I do believe that painting can change the world.

  David Hockney

  Believe, World, Painting

  4 Copy quote

• The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.

  Meg Rosoff

  Writing, Imagination, Why We Write

  10 Copy quote