I don’t desire to change anything in England except the weather. Wilde, Oscar
If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal. Badge
In a progressive country change is constant; … change … is inevitable. Disraeli, Benjamin
In ecology, as in economics, TANSTAAFL(There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) is intended to warn that every gain is won at some cost. Failure to recognize the ‘no free lunch’ law causes the buffalo hunter mentality syndrome the unthinking assumption that there will always be plenty because there always has been plenty. […]
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true. Lilly, John
Inventions reached their limit long ago, and I see no hope for further development. Frontinus, Julius
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be…. This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on […]
It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain […]
Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed. Southern California Oracle
Keep what you have; the known evil is best. Plautus, Titus Maccius
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
