#status quo

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. ↗

— Victor Davis Hanson

#conventional #dramatic #event #lax #like

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#original thing #quo #say #sort #status

The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film. ↗

— Rainer W. Fassbinder

#best #between #create #criticism #dream

The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country. ↗

— Howard Dean

#country #going #helps #liberals #quo

I do like things that are not necessarily a reflection of what is considered the right thing by this culture. Somehow, promoting that status quo I find uninteresting. ↗

— Crispin Glover

#culture #find #i #i do #like

The status quo is simply unacceptable. ↗

— Brad Henry

#simply #status #status quo #unacceptable

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#better #bigger #dissatisfaction #feels #ferment

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo. ↗

— Bob Iger

#maintain #quo #status #status quo #thing

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#challenges #leader #manager #quo #status

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo. ↗

— Robert Byrne

#flux #including #quo #state #status