“There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. The majority consciousness has changed, and often that has made very clear, practical changes in our daily lives, but the centers of power are still not occupied, for the most part, by this new consciousness.” MadeStillsBigsConsciousnessOpinionClearChangedVoteMajorityCongressPracticalsDaily LifeGapsPublic OpinionPollsOpinion Polls Author:Gloria Steinem
“But that Franklin trip changed me profoundly. As I believe wilderness experience changes everyone. Because it puts us in our place. The human place, which our species inhabited for most of its evolutionary life. That place that shaped our psyches and made us who we are. The place where nature is big and we are small.” BelieveHumansMadeBigsI BelieveEnvironmentChangedSpeciesWho We AreWildernessFranklinPsych Book:Boyer Lectures 2011: The Idea of Home Source: Boyer Lectures 2011: The Idea of Home
“Obviously, for the majority of parents and certainly me you gain a million worlds when you have a child. Certainly, it's the thing that's changed my life and made me unbelievably happy.” WorldChildrenMadeParentMillionsChangedGainsMajorityChanged My Life Author:Kate Winslet
“Reality television hasn't killed documentaries, because there are so many great documentaries still being made, but it certainly has changed the landscape.” MadeStillsRealityChangedTelevisionLandscapeDocumentariesReality Television Author:Todd Phillips
“We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything. Several new science papers suggest that getting away is an essential habit of effective thinking. When we escape from the place we spend most of our time, the mind is suddenly made aware of all those errant ideas we'd previously suppressed. We start thinking about obscure possibilitiebsthat never would have occurred to us if we'd stayed home.” IfsThinkingNeedsMindHas BeensMadeStillsIdeasHomeDifferencesSecretCreativityChangedHabitEssentialsPaperDistanceOur TimeGet AwayObscurePapersHome Home Author:Jonah Lehrer
“The fundamental issue, when it comes to Europe's future, will be whether and how we manage to transfer the ideals that once made Europe great - especially its Christian roots - into today's changed world. No one wants to return to the Middle Ages.” WorldWantMadeAgeTodayChristianIssuesMiddleChangedReturnEuropeIdealsRootsFundamentalsManageMiddle AgesTransfers Author:Walter Kasper
“I'm sure there are managers who have had far greater financial success. But my companies such as easyJet have changed the lives of many people. We haven't just made flights affordable for a lot of people.” PeopleMadeCompanyGreaterHavensChangedFinancialFlightManagersAffordableFinancial Success Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“Maybe yes, but probably not. At each stage I made what was then the best choice. Having taken that decision, I changed direction and there was no turning back.” MadeChoicesDecisionTakenStageChangedNo Turning Back Author:Mr. Lee
“I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and ultimately the impact of that film was that it changed the 'James Bond' franchise.” MadeFilmCareersIdentityChangedImpactBourneBond MovieJames Bond MovieBourne Identity Author:Doug Liman
“When I look at my life now and all the mistakes I've made, all the bad decisions I've made, all the things I could have done differently or done more in, I don't think I would have changed anything.” ThinkingLooksMadeDoneDecisionMistakeChangedBad Decision Author:Apolo Ohno
“We [Americans] inherited British law, which is like the new "reforms" that are being made now, in the sense that people are permanently entrapped in debt, if they once fall into bankruptcy. The reason that the law was changed in American history - the whole early period of the formation of the country was moving away from British law into a law that is generated here and that conforms to the sense of what is appropriate here.” PeopleIfsMadeCountryReasonWholeMovingLawFallChangedPeriodsBritishDebtReformAppropriateAmerican HistoryConformFormationBankruptcyMoving Away Author:Marilynne Robinson
“The tools of the academic designer are a piece of paper and a pencil with an eraser. If a mistake is made, it can always be erased and changed. If the practical-reactor designer errs, he wears the mistake around his neck; it cannot be erased. Everyone sees it.” IfsMadeMistakePiecesChangedPaperToolsPracticalsMade ItDesignerNecksAcademicPencilsErasers Author:Hyman Rickover
“My method for picking stocks has never changed. When businesses go from crappy to semicrappy, there's money to be made.” MadeChangedMethodNever Change Author:Peter Lynch
“Having money hasn't changed me. If anything it's made my life worse. People come up to you who knew you before you were famous and who didn't come up to you before. I'm a clever designer. I can do what the client wants. But I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.” PeopleIfsWantMadeI CanRememberCan DoForgetCreativityChangedPreparedCome UpCleverDesignerClientsUp To You Author:Alexander McQueen
“I was tired of men. Hanging in doorways, standing too close, men who made you love them then changed their minds.” MenMindMadeChangedStandingTiredDoorways Author:Janet Fitch
“I found that looking at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from an outside vantage point was actually quite distancing. The history of the conflict, the personalities, the violence, the distrust, and the seeming lack of viable solutions made meaningful involvement feel impossible. What changed that, for me, was changing the vantage point.” FeelsMadeFoundViolenceImpossibleChangedPersonalityConflictSolutionsMeaningfulPalestinianDistrustInvolvementIsraeliSeemingIsraeli Palestinian ConflictVantage Point Author:Jason Alexander
“Think about the difference between how your local gas station and congressman respond to a spike in oil prices. One has the price placard outside changed to reflect the reality of the market within hours. The other sends out a press release, tries to organize a hearing, and at the end of amount accomplishes nothing. Meanwhile, the gas station has already made at least thirty additional adjustments to the realities of the market while your politico fails to get anything more than easy media.” ThinkingTryingMadeEndsRealityEasyHoursDifferencesFailingMediaChangedAmountPressesHearingAccomplishOilLocalsReleaseThirtyGasStationsOrganizeAdjustmentCongressmanGas StationsAccomplish NothingOil PricePress Release Author:Joel Miller
“When a defiled man is born again, his habits are changed, his thoughts cleansed, his attitudes regenerated and elevated, his activities put in total order, and everything about him that was dirty, degenerate or reprobate is washed and made clean.” MenMadeOrderBornAttitudeChangedHabitActivityCleanDirtyBorn AgainDegenerates Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“If the technology hadn't changed, they [newspapers] would still be great businesses. Network TV [in its heyday], anyone could run and do well. If Tom Murphy as running it, you'd do very well, but even your idiot nephew could do well. Fortunately, carbide cutting tools [such as those made by Iscar] don't have these types of substitutes.” IfsWellsMadeStillsRunningTechnologyCuttingChangedTvsTypeToolsNewspapersIdiotSubstitutesTomsMurphyNephewGreat BusinessHeyday Author:Charlie Munger
“John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it's a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn't exist in movies today. It's left on the floor.” YearsLittlesMadeWholeKidsTodaySchoolCertainCultureFoundLeftLanguageChangedTypeInternetHigh SchoolStaticTextingHashtagsHigh School Movie Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“I just wanted to honor who Emily was. She's just a strong woman. Through my journey of playing her, I found a lot of strength, and I think that I've changed, as a female, in the way that I carry myself. To go through something traumatic, like getting your face scarred, it made me analyze vanity a lot. When you have a little pimple and you're like, "Oh, my god, there's an alien on my face!," you feel like it's magnified.” ThinkingWayFeelsLittlesMadeWantedFacesFoundStrongJourneyChangedHonorFemaleAliensVanityYour FaceStrong WomenEmilyMy JourneyPimplesI've Changed Author:Tinsel Korey
“Becoming a parent has just completely changed me, and made life so beautiful and given me such a center and a focus and such joy.” MadeBeautifulJoyGivenParentFocusChangedBecomingBecoming A Parent Author:Angelina Jolie
“Of course we've lost so many superstars who've made jazz what it is. We've lost so many musicians who created new things and changed the way we think about music and who took jazz to a new level. So jazz is suffering from that. But we still have a lot of incredible people playing jazz in the world. We have a lot of people leading the way.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMadeStillsSufferingCoursesLostChangeLevelsMusicChangedCreatingMusicianJazzIncrediblesNew ThingsSuperstarPlaying JazzLeading The WayCreating New Things Author:George Benson
“The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who were the new administrators of power and wealth in the country. And those families for generations have maintained themselves in positions of power. Latin America founded itself on everyone being equal, but in reality we aren't.” MadeCountryRealityAmericaWealthGenerationsPositionChangedEqualIndependentOwnersLatinSpainLatin AmericaDescendantsAdministratorsBeing EqualPosition Of Power Author:Bocafloja
“My ex-student, Idit Harel, who wrote a book, "Children Designs," has a documented story of a kid who was very shy, isolated and didn't talk much to other kids. She was a little overweight, and the other kids looked down on her for that reason.But then she made a discovery about how to do something on the computer. The discovery was picked up by other kids, and within a few weeks there was a total transformation. This kid was now in demand. And that changed her feeling about herself.” ChildrenLittlesMadeBookReasonStoriesFeelingsKidsWeekDesignChangedStudentsDemandComputerDiscoveryTransformationShyIsolatedExesOverweight Author:Seymour Papert
“People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number one in my life and the best thing that ever happened to me, but I still have fun. I am still myself, but that is made out to seem like I am rebelling against motherhood.” PeopleMadeStillsSeemsMotherCoursesFunNumbersHappenedChangedMotherhoodPrioritiesHaving FunBest ThingsVioletBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Imelda May
“My lifestyle, my life, everything has changed because of this show. Has it made me look different? Yes, it's changed everything for me, everything from this show. And I cannot thank every single part of 'Sons of Anarchy' enough.” LooksMadeDifferentEnoughShowsChangedSonLifestyleAnarchyThings Have Changed Author:Theo Rossi
“Being sick allows you to check out of life. Getting well again means you have to check back in. It is absolutely crucial that you feel ready to check back into life because you feel as though something has changed from the time before you were sick. Whatever it was that made you feel insecure, less than, or pressured to live in a way that was uncomfortable to you has to change before you want to go back there and start over.” WayWantFeelsWellsMeanMadeChangedReadySickChecksUncomfortableCrucialInsecureStarting OverGet WellThings Have ChangedPressuredBeing Sick Book:Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain Source: Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
“I felt that there's an obligation when writing a piece about an urban expressway made in the 50s to acknowledge the context, and Robert Moses is sort of an iconic figure in New York, and he influenced the shape of the city more than anyone else before or after him. He was one of the most powerful and influential civic architects in the world, because of how much he transformed the city. He built multiple bridges and highways and parks and recreational spaces, beaches - in the course of a few decades, he completely changed the city” WorldWritingMadeCoursesFeltSpacePowerfulCitiesPiecesFiguresNew YorkChangedShapesBuiltDecadesObligationBeachBridgesAcknowledgeParksMost PowerfulArchitectTransformedMultipleUrbanHighwaysInfluentialMosesCivicsIconic Author:Sufjan Stevens
“It's just interesting to me that the physical enactment of that mind moving has gradually changed for you in the last few years. It made me wonder if the change was deliberate in any sense, or procedural, like when A.R. Ammons stuck an adding machine roll into his typewriter to squeeze his verses into shorter lines.” IfsYearsMindMadeLastsMovingLinesInterestingWonderChangedMachinesStuckVersesDeliberateTypewriters Author:Matthew Zapruder
“For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed objects. The inscription made it magic and changed its meaning. That's how objects become charmed in The Arabian Nights, and they are often originally ordinary objects. The carpet is an ordinary, paltry object. The lamp is a rusty old lamp, and the bottles jinns are imprisoned within are old bottles. They are changed by the magic and the jinn's presence, and the jinn's presence is often embodied in the seal or inscription.” MadeLawNightCompanyGoneMagicShareExampleObjectsChangedOrdinaryMade ItSmokeBottlesVentureLampsCarpetPrintedSealsMississippiCharmedInscriptionsArabianJinnArabian Nights Author:Marina Warner
“I'm not sure running the press has changed how I write (though perhaps it has in ways I can't see), but it has certainly changed my relationship to how books get made.” WayWritingMadeI CanBookRunningChangedPressesNot Sure Author:Danielle Dutton
“I remember working with Jackie Chan on Shanghai Noon [2000], and when we were working on the script, I thought that my character thought about being an outlaw the way a kid today would think about being a rock star, as a way to impress girls. So it was just kind of a funny idea, but once we had that idea, it changed the character and made it something that was funnier to me to play.” ThinkingWayKindMadeIdeasPlayCharacterKidsTodayRememberGirlStarsRocksChangedScriptsMade ItImpressRock StarNoonOutlawJackieShanghaiImpress A Girl Author:Owen Wilson
“I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life. I am pursuing Christ wholeheartedly 100 percent. I don't need a theologian or a set of man-made beliefs to guide me in my daily life. I'm grateful for people's opinions but I choose to surrender and to serve Christ and Christ alone and in that my life has changed.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMenWantNeedsBelieveLooksMadeBeliefI BelieveChristOpinionChangedPercentGratefulGuidesSurrenderDaily LifeTheologianWholeheartedlyGuide MeLife Has ChangedChrist Alone Author:Alan Chambers
“Well, I think they're going to learn that an awful lot of French people changed their minds. In 1940, the Third Republic had made a miserable mess of it.” PeopleThinkingMindWellsMadeChangedThirdsAwfulMessMiserableRepublic Author:Robert O. Paxton
“Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made.” ThinkingWayMadeStoriesFilmChangedIndustryMusic IsMusic IndustryGreat FilmJagger Author:Olivia Wilde
“Conservatively, I am saying that social networking has made being in a band more fun, but not necessarily changed how the business works.” MadeFunSocialChangedBandNetworkingSocial NetworkingSocial Network Author:Chris Cain
“I actually was a writer who had the ability to perform his own work as opposed to a comedian who wrote his own material. So that really made me happy and changed my whole perspective.” MadeWholeAbilityChangedMaterialsPerspectiveComedian Author:George Carlin
“There are so many things where I realize, like, simple circumstance, like the simple choice that I made one night to not do that and to do this, one night could have changed everything.” MadeNightChoicesRealizingSimpleChangedCircumstancesOne Night Author:Alicia Keys
“I feel like my life is something purposeful. Many people have told me that after they listen to my talk, some point which I made, they got certain ideas and their whole life is changed. They are happier.” PeopleFeelsMadeIdeasWholeLife IsCertainChangedWhole Life Author:Dalai Lama
“I have changed the focus of the work of my Commission so that we no longer concern ourselves with trivial details and concentrate on the key issues instead. By doing that, we met a large number of the legitimate demands made by the British people. The Commission really did do everything it could to create the conditions for a positive campaign.” PeopleMadeNumbersIssuesFocusConditionsChangedKeysMetsDemandConcernDetailsBritishCampaignsLarge NumbersI Have Changed Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I had been in Africa for six weeks on a safari with my family. I said, "You know, I made a lot of money. I am getting kind of burned out. I really want to do something special." So I went on this extended trip to Egypt, Kenya, Sardinia - I really did it, man. I was coming home, and while I was gone, they changed the speed limit from 65 to 55.” KnowsMenWantKindMadeSaidHomeGoneWeekSpecialChangedLimitsSixMy FamilySpeedComing HomeLots Of MoneyBurnedEgyptSomething SpecialKenyaBurned OutSafariSpeed Limits Author:Sammy Hagar
“Donald Trump - whatever he was warning the Democrats, whatever he's warning African-Americans about - he wasn't criticizing them. He was criticizing the Democrat Party. He was telling them it's the Democrat Party that has made their bed for 'em, and it's time that that changed.” MadePartyChangedTrumpBedDemocratAfrican AmericanEmsCriticizeWarning Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think we came out and got the first goals fairly easily and fairly quickly. All of a sudden they started to change the defense and they changed things up on us and I thought we got a little too comfortable. I give their goalie credit, he made some very good saves, but we just wanted to score. We changed some things halfway through the fourth quarter and we were able to generate some shots. I think for most of the year we've been good on offense. We haven't really struggled like that. We knew coming into the season that we'd have to share the ball on offense and really be efficient.” ThinkingGivingYearsFirstsLittlesMadeAbleWantedGoalShareHavensChangedComfortableShotsSeasonsBallsVery GoodCreditDefenseScoreQuartersEfficientFourthOffenseHalfwayLacrosseGoaliesFourth Quarter Author:John Desko
“I think there has to be a recognition that, you know, there's so much at stake now, I mean, the business has changed so much and decisions are made so quickly, in nano seconds basically.” ThinkingKnowsMeanMadeDecisionChangedRecognitionSecondsStakesNano Author:Hillary Clinton
“I believe we must study which changes must be made now that the immigration system has changed, because we are seeing, I believe, that at this time we are inviting people to come to the U.S. on very dangerous trips.” PeopleBelieveMadeI BelieveStudySeeingDangerousChangedImmigrationInviting Author:Marco Rubio
“I mean, let's take the average spouse. You know, you show up in an employer's, you know, office, and it's shown that you've changed jobs every two years. Well, to many employers that could be viewed as a red flag. But the truth is, is that you've made those moves because you're serving your country, and each time you've found a career, and you've been able to provide for your family, and you've continued to volunteer, and on and on and on.” KnowsYearsWellsMeanMadeTwoCountryShowsAbleJobsMovingFoundCareersChangedTruth IsOfficeRedAverageOur FamilyTwo YearsServingFlagsVolunteerSpouseEmployersRed FlagsYou've Changed Author:Michelle Obama
“I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Timesbestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a year. People being moved and changed and transformed by the book [One Thousand Gifts] and wanting to share that with hurting people all around them.” PeopleThinkingYearsMadeBookHurtWeekShareNew YorkChangedThousandMouthsMovedMade ItTransformedWord Of MouthHurting PeopleOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp
“I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Times bestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a year. People being moved and changed and transformed by the book [ One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are] and wanting to share that with hurting people all around them.” PeopleThinkingYearsMadeBookHurtWeekShareNew YorkChangedThousandMouthsMovedDareMade ItWhere You AreTransformedNew York TimesWord Of MouthHurting PeopleOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp