Kate DiCamillo Quotes

We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?

The people that were most interesting were always questioning the status quo.

Asking questions is the first way to begin change.

Those who don't want to change, let them sleep.

What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you would be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?

The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.

There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo.

You can change the world. Please don't do that, OK? Some of us like the way things are going now.

Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don't move.

The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different.

If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.

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

If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

I have read their platform, and though I think there are some unsound places in it, I can stand upon it pretty well. But I see nothing in it both new and valuable. "What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.

There is danger in reckless change; but greater danger in blind conservatism.

France has chosen to ignore the great transformation of the 21st century and cultivate a [culture of] status quo and rigidity.

Sometimes we get comfortable with the status quo, even when the status quo isn’t any good.

Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.

Nobody wants to change.

The world changes. You’ve got to adapt.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone, you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone, you leave it to a torrent of change.