Anna Quindlen Quotes

The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established.

... science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

The world is evolving.

Nothing is the force that renovates the World.

We are smart and powerful enough to change our world as we need.

One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.

If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress.

We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past.

A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment.

I came to Nantes two-years-ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different.

Are we changing as fast as the world around us?

The world by and large has to be reinvented.

But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing this minute.

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued.

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.

We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations.

But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to change in the relationships between nations as it does to change within an individual nation.

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

Crises are harbingers of evolution.

The whole point of all of this - why we are here, why the world is here, and why we have the political system and leaders that we do - is to achieve change. This is the purpose of life.

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