Susan Sarandon Quotes

Progress is never accepted by everybody.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Every single change is fought by those who would be affected by it.

One cannot move so fast so as to invite a backlash.

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

Any time you do something - a protest - you know there's going to be backlash.

If you're doing your job right, some substantial group of people [is] going to be mad at you.

There is always backlash. Everything gets backlash.

There's always a backlash in everything that you do, but it's not going to stop or change anything. And it's not only an issue in Hollywood.

There's always a backlash when you challenge people's convictions and their heroes.

I've gotten resistance for my entire career.

I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at me to do my old act, and getting actually violent and angry at me.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

There's backlash about everything I do.

People hate us for showing stuff, and they hate us when we say, 'Fine, we won't show it anymore.'

You can't sit on the lid of progress. If you do, you will be blown to pieces.

Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.