— Donella Meadows American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer 1941 - 2001
Thinking in systems: A Primer (2008), Page 169.
— George Washington first President of the United States 1732 - 1799
1780s, Context: My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready; and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome. Those, who expect more, will be disappointed, but no change will be effected by it.
Letter to George William Fairfax (25 June 1786), published in The Writings Of George Washington (1835) by Jared Sparks, p. 175
— Michael Moore American filmmaker, author, social critic, and liberal activist 1954
2004, [Fahrenheit 9/11 Out On Home Video/DVD Today! Pass it Around..., MichaelMoore.com, 5 October 2004, http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/fahrenheit-911-out-on-home-videodvd-today-pass-it-around]
On the DVD release of Fahrenheit 9/11
— James Baldwin (1924-1987) writer from the United States 1924 - 1987
— Jack McDevitt American novelist, Short story writer 1935
Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, The Engines of God (1994), Chapter 25 (p. 356)
— Anthony de Mello, Awareness: A de Mello Spirituality Conference in His Own Words
One Minute Wisdom (1989), Healing
— Henri Barbusse French novelist 1873 - 1935
Light (1919), Ch. XVI - De Profundis Clamavi, Context: War will come again after this one. It will come again as long as it can be determined by people other than those who fight. The same causes will produce the same effects, and the living will have to give up all hope.
— Ammon Hennacy American Christian radical 1893 - 1970
The Book of Ammon
— George Santayana 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism 1863 - 1952
— Bette Davis film and television actress from the United States 1908 - 1989
Attributed, Gerhard Gschwandtner, Great Thoughts to Sell By: Quotes to Motivate You to Success, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007, ISBN 0071475990, p. 89.
— Alice Borchardt American fiction writer 1939 - 2007
Devoted
— Joan Slonczewski, A Door into Ocean
A Door into Ocean (1986), Part 6, Chapter 16 (p. 368)
— George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright 1856 - 1950
1940s and later, Context: Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Creeds, articles, and institutes of religious faith ossify our brains and make change impossible. As such they are nuisances, and in practice have to be mostly ignored.
Everybody's Political What's What? (ebook, must be borrowed) https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24979564M/Everybody's_political_what's_what (1944), Chapter XXXVII: Creed and Conduct, p. 330
— Barack Obama 44th President of the United States of America 1961
— John Holt, livro Escape from Childhood
Escape from Childhood (1974).
