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  • In my opinion, neither organisms nor organizations evolve slowly and surely into something better, but drift until some small change occurs which has immediate and overwhelming significance. The special role of the human being is not to wait for these favorable accidents but deliberately to introduce the small change that will have great significance.

    "Generation of Greatness : The Idea of a University in an Age of Science". Edwin Land's Lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, groups.csail.mit.edu. May 22, 1957.
  • People think that you have to do something huge, like go to Africa and build a school, but you can make a small change in a day. If you change Wednesday, then you change Thursday. Pretty soon it's a week, then a month, then a year. It's bite-size, as opposed to feeling like you have to turn your life inside out to make changes.

  • I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

    "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.
  • Survey data suggest that war has become more unpopular. The majority of the American people now think it was a mistake, in a shift away from the 51 percent that endorsed it on Election Day. Admittedly this is only a small change in the population, from a majority to a minority. Nor do the changers earn grace for their new opinions. They still endorsed the war on Election Day and are still responsible for it.

    Change   War   Mistake  
  • Half my life is an act of revision; more than half the act is performed with small changes.

    John Irving (2016). “Trying to Save Piggy Sneed: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  • It is a terrible thing, this kindess that human beings do not lose. Terrible, because when we are finally naked in the dark and cold, it is all we have. We who are so rich, so full of strength, we end up with that small change. We have nothing else to give.

    Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.120, Penguin
  • Small changes can magnifiy. The possibility of interpersonal communication has increased substantially with contemporary technology. But as compared with the major changes, which were long ago, these are not huge.

    "The Secret of Noam: A Chomsky Interview". Interview with Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. March 9, 2011.
  • Global climate change is real and we have a limited time to change our behavior or live with the consequences. We can all help by making small changes in our lives to letting our voice be heard by our governing bodies. As has always been the case in this country, if the people demand change, it will come.

    Country   Time   Real  
  • If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

    Twitter post from Mar 16, 2016
  • Popularity? It's glory's small change.

  • Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.

  • Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

    "The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon". Book by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160, 1999.
  • Our efforts for inclusive growth are holistic and not piecemeal; well planned and not knee jerk reactions; not for small changes but for quantum leap; making people the partners in growth not just beneficiaries; addressing the local needs by using global ideas and technology. And this is why our efforts in e-governance have been applauded the world over.

  • They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

    Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.124, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.

  • To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

    Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books
  • Donald Trump business connections, which are really horrifying. I mean, they make Hillary Clinton look like small change when it comes to influence peddlin and really engaging the most nefarious forces around the world.

    Source: www.politico.com
  • Lowly, unpurposeful and random as they may appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city's wealth of public life may grow.

    "The Death and Life of Great American Cities".
  • If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.

  • If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

    Life   Change   Attitude  
  • Before seeing Truffaut 's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I generally try to avoid I'm just not good enough to go to them. But this series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity a poetic comedy that's really funny.

    Pauline Kael (1980). “When the lights go down”, Henry Holt & Co
  • He's going to jail. He can't see. He can't hear. He can't take a leak that lasts under fifteen minutes. But he has an erection and all the other problems are small change. Next time around I'm coming back as a man. Priorities are clearly defined. Life is simple.

    Men   Simple   Jail  
    Janet Evanovich (2010). “Seven Up: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, p.322, Macmillan
  • Small changes can produce big results - but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.

  • The character of a whole society is the cumulative result of the countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of persons. Who we are as a society, is the synergistic accumulation of who we are as individuals... Small changes that seem insignificant in isolation can be great contributions when they are simultaneously undertaken by many others.

  • "The Diagnosis" had ten drafts of very significant changing, where I went through the whole book, wholesale and changed everything. Then the last year or so it was making small changes. I would do something and let it sit for three months... just brood about and decide I needed to slightly change something here or there. Or one character wasn't quite right. But I think everybody goes through this.

    Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. November 16, 2000.
  • Speech is the small change of silence.

    'The Ordeal of Richard Feverel' (1859) ch. 34
  • Beware of the tyranny of making small changes to small things. Rather, make big changes to big things.

  • I could have been you, you could have been me. One small change that shapes your destiny.

    Song: I Could Have Been You, Album: Your Little Secret
  • Contrary to slanderous Eastern opinion, much of Iowa is not flat, but rolling hills country with a lot of timber, a handsome and imaginative landscape, crowded with constant small changes of scene and full of little creeks winding with pools where shiners, crappies and catfish hover.

  • A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.

    George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.110, 谷月社
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