When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
Everett DirksenRead
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.
Interpretation
Life is dynamic, and change is a natural part of growth and understanding.
This quote emphasizes the inevitability of change in life, suggesting that adaptability and the ability to revise one's thoughts are essential for personal growth. It also implies that those who refuse to change their minds are either incapable or have become static, akin to those who are no longer part of life's journey, highlighting the importance of being open to new ideas and experiences.
In practice
During a motivational speech about embracing uncertainty and change.
When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution.
The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes.
You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.
'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.
If each of us works toward making a sincere effort when we wake up each morning with a renewed commitment and dedication to embracing nonviolence as a lifestyle, this world will become a better place, bringing us ever closer to the Beloved Community of which my father so often spoke.
A change fell upon all things. Strange brilliant flowers, star-shaped, burst out upon the trees where no flowers had been before. The tints of the green carpet deepened; and when, one by one, the white daisies shrank away, there sprang up, in place of them, ten by ten of the ruby-red asphodel. And life arose in our paths; for the tall flamingo hitherto unseen, with all gay glowing birds, flaunted his scarlet plumage before us. The golden and silver fish haunted the river.
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