Status Quo – Quotes

Smart technologies are not

Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice. Evgeny Morozov

Many couples have never had a conversation about sexuality and sexual boundaries. The presence or lack of sex, the quality of it, the satisfaction and dissatisfaction, the unmet needs. An affair upsets the status quo by not only bringing the subject of sexuality to the forefront but every other aspect of their relationship as well. … Read more

Men make the mistake

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can’t see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It’s just not true. In one important way, at least, men are the passive sex. Given a choice, they will always opt for the status quo. They hate change of any kind, and they fight … Read more

Am I more afraid

Am I more afraid Of taking a chance and learning I’m somebody I don’t know, or of risking new territory, only to find I’m the same old me? There is comfort in the tried and true. Breaking ground might uncover a sinkhole, one impossible to climb out of. And setting sail in uncharted waters might … Read more

She\\’s no longer afraid

She’s no longer afraid to die. What she’s afraid of is living, accepting the status quo. Ellen Hopkins

No, one couldn\\’t make

No, one couldn’t make a revolution, one couldn’t even start a riot, with sheep that asked only for better browsing. Ellen Glasgow

I\\’m going to let

I’m going to let my friends in the other parties fight over the turf at the cutting edge of the status quo. Elizabeth May

How can you communicate

How can you communicate your thoughts or demonstrate your hypotheses by conventional means when all the values and standards that you want to challenge are built into those means? Science and new technology today like to declare that they encourage ‘lateral thinking,’ new ways of seeing and putting data together – but all systems have … Read more

Myth, legend, and ritual

Myth, legend, and ritual … function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth. Elizabeth Janeway

Essentially and most simply

Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters. Elizabeth George