Jared Polis Quotes

It's good to be progressive, but don't shun the good things about tradition.

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.

The world changes, but I want that change to be necessary or respectful of what has happened before. Everything changes, and that's quite right.

We should not fear what is new, but we should not throw out that which is in the past but is still valuable.

We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.

I am a traditionalist, and I'm an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to the best of my ability on what should change and what should not. Do I have a respect for tradition? Of course I do. Do I have a blind belief in it? No.

You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.

From the inception of this series, Mike and I were very interested in exploring the theme of tradition versus progress. We always like the struggle for balance to be a central theme of our stories, so as we introduce all of these changes to the 'Avatar' world, we get to see how people react and try to realign themselves.

Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act.

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.

Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.

I keep my feet on the ground because of my roots and the way I was raised.

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future.

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

I'm the proof - you can't throw away tradition.

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

The old order changeth, yielding place to new; And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world..

Do not overthrow the custom that has made it all the way to you.

You can't allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There's a need to respect the past, but it's a mistake to revere your past.

A reactionary is fixed on the past and wanting to return to it; a conservative wishes to adapt what is best in the past to the changing circumstances of the present.

Either people cling to the past and refuse to advance their ways, or they're always looking to future and not appreciating what's in front of them right now.