Chris Weidman Quotes

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

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.

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.

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Keep what you have; the known evil is best.

Seabeck is slow to change.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

When you have a model that's worked very well, it's very hard to change.

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.

The adherents of the old order have a powerful ally in the natural law of inertia inherent in humanity which is … a natural defense against change.

Inertia is the most powerful force in politics.

As much as people say they love change, they love it when you change - not when you want them to change. Even when it comes to processes they don't like, they're afraid of change.

I think we stick with what we know.

Because we've always done it that way.' During my 12-year tenure as a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, I heard those words all too often. The agency, in my experience, has an entrenched management culture resistant to change.

They stayed, many of them, because staying was easier and less scary than leaving.

Our approach is very much profiting from lack of change rather than from change.

I think the most common meme is that it's too difficult to change. It's too risky to change. My nature doesn't allow me to change.

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

The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.

Tradition was safety; change was danger.

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

People will suffer almost anything, as long as it means they don't have to change.

I'm all for prosperity. It's change I object to.