Tim Hardaway Quotes

You don't try to fix things that aren't broken.

Don't fix what's not broken.

If it ain't broke, don't break it.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

We preserve the status quo, preserve existing systems.

I would never presume to give anyone advice.

The world moves fast, but change isn't always a good thing when you got it right the first time around.

I'm waiting for the candidate who says, 'I'm keeping things exactly the way they are. I like it this way.'

You don't need to change something if it is working.

Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it's not broke, don't fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you'll probably make it worse.

We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established, and it is understood.

If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.

I tell people if it aint broke don't fix it.

I don’t consider myself an isolationist. I consider myself a non-interventionist.

We don’t want to break what isn’t broken trying to fix what is.

If you spend most of your effort preventing bad things from happening you will also prevent many good things from happening.

Latin Americans hold on tight even to pain and suffering preferring a certain present to an uncertain future/

All political action aims at either preservation or change.

Let well enough alone.

We want traditional change—not transformational change.

However desirable the maintenance of ex-territorial rights hitherto enjoyed might be, it was obvious that the public opinion of this country would not countenance a war for the purpose of maintaining them.

The perils of change are so great the promise of the most hopeful theories is so often deceptive, that it is frequently the wiser part to uphold the existing state of things, if it can be done, even though, in point of argument, it should be utterly indefensible.

Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept..

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.

… people who have built a business doing it the old way think it would be better if things could be more stable for longer periods of time. But you have to remember, new inventions are not inherently disruptive. Invention is only disruptive if customers say, “Hey, I like this better than the old way”.