Lorne Michaels Quotes

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.

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

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.

Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.

Time brings all things to pass.

Everything must change and you do what you can with the changes that are made. You can't stop it. You can't fight it. Everybody tries to go back to yesterday, but you can't go back to yesterday. The only time there is, is now.

The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.

All I'm trying to do is to keep going and keep evolving.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

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

It takes a long time to bring about change.

History is in motion, and those moving with it are so caught up that they cannot always see its broad outlines

With every new idea, it takes a generation or two until it becomes obvious that there's no real problem.

I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going.

There's a little bit of pain in every transition, but we can't let that stop us from making it. If we did, we'd never make any progress at all.

Time can make things better.

I believe there is a time for everything. Time changes, and you need to accept that. Else, you stagnate.

Change won't happen overnight.

To stand still today is to go backwards...and quickly...!

The past does not equal the future.

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.