David Sedaris Quotes

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results when, in fact, the results never change, is one definition of insanity. That goes for economics, too.

One thing's for sure. If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. One definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect different results.

We're all spending way too much of our time and energy trying to fight the stuff we can't change.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is?

A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.

It is always hard to believe that the will to change something does not produce an immediate change.

If it all just happens like this for the rest of my life, it's going to be one endless Groundhog Day. I determined that I was not prepared to submit to this regime, so I thought I had to do something about it.

People don't like to be nagged. When people nag us, we instantly resist, but when the facts force us in that same direction, we instantly adapt.

Change is always preceded by a little pain. Some people can change and they don't have to go through so many painful things. But I think that I'm of a personality that I'm a little stubborn, so it's tough for me.

If you keep bashing your head against the same wall, at some point you're going to fall over and be still for awhile.

Change is the only constant, and to turn one's back and pretend that it is not coming is an exercise in futility.

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?

I refused to beat my head against stone, of course.

Change is tough, people don't like it, but it is necessary. Take two aspirins and call me in the morning.

I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side. [It was.]

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. And unfortunately, it is also the definition of Canadian politics.

Change is strong, but habit is strong too; and you cannot change the old for new, like a garment.

To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not.

Change is something that is expected and, therefore, not resisted.

As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do is put the brakes on. Imagine going real fast in a Flintstones car, and my heel is out there. I went to Washington to change the world, and all I can do is put my heel out.