Sonny Perdue Quotes

Don't fix what's not broken.

I've always thought if it's not broke, why fix it?

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

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

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

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.

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

Nothing we did in those days has caused a change." "Because of what we did, things remained as they were, rather than getting worse," I told him.

We preserve the status quo, preserve existing systems.

Do nothing. Do nothing. Let it happen. Don't try.

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.

We face fear many times a day, in many ways, and usually we turn away from it. It often hides itself behind laziness and complacency, which are its shadows and aliases. We accept the things-as-they-are world in which we are comfortable.

Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.

It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.

Nothing matters, but it's perhaps more comfortable to keep calm and not interfere with other people.

The status quo is working.

Not everything needs to be fixed

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.

You will never change anything that you are willing to tolerate.

Sometimes the highest form of action is inaction.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.

Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.