(72 quotes found)
“The status quo sucks.”
George Carlin
“If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.”
Hubert H. Humphrey
“I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“Status quo, you know, that is Latin for ''the mess we're in.''”
Ronald Reagan
“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
Warren G. Bennis
“Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.”
Robert Byrne
“To agree on keeping a status quo that can't be kept has nothing to do with consensus. It's decadence.”
Hilmar Kopper
“The status quo is simply unacceptable.”
Brad Henry
“. . . a businessman's candidate, hovering around the status quo like a sick kitten around a hot brick.”
William Allen White
“The status quo can't continue. It should be clear that Northwest isn't too big to fail.”
Brian Leitch
