Shanola Hampton Quotes

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

You get used to a certain thing, and you don't want to change. Because that's what's worked for you.

The whole nostalgia thing, and just sticking with what you always liked and what you know and not taking a chance on something or expanding. I think especially after a certain age.

We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to.

Habit, laziness, and fear conspire to keep us comfortably within the familiar.

The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different.

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.

The tendency is to keep doing things the way you have done them.

People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

I think we stick with what we know.

Sometimes we become attached to what's familiar, and sometimes we hold on to things that are safe and predictable, even if they are bad for us.

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

The hardest thing to believe when you're young is that people will fight to stay in a rut, but not to get out of one.

Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.

Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. 'I want it to be the way it was.' But if you continue the way it was there will be no 'is.'

What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you would be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?

I understand that change is frightening for people, especially if there's nothing to go to. It's best to stay where you are. I understand that.

Competence is the enemy of change!

I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay the same.

I think sometimes people are scared to change. Sometimes people are scared to do something different, especially if they've been successful at something.

I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, 'Oh, no; that'll never work. It's too different.'