Ted Dekker (1962) American writer
Source: The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
“Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else.”
Last update June 3, 2021. History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else." by Craig Ferguson?
Craig Ferguson118
Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, … 1962Related quotes
“Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.”
Garry Kasparov (1963) former chess world champion
Part III, Chapter 11, Question Success, p. 135
2000s, How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
“Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo — and today there can be no status quo.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Address Accepting the Democratic Party Nomination for the Presidency of the United States — Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (15 July 1960) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx<!-- Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project --> <br class="br">1960 <br class="br">Context: Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo — and today there can be no status quo.
“Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.”
Karl Barth (1886–1968) Swiss Protestant theologian
As quoted in An Almanac of the Christian Church (1987) by William D. Blake.
Steve Blank (1953) American businessman
Forbes "Lean And Meaningful: What Founders Still Need To Fix In The 21st Century" https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilyinverso/2016/02/10/lean-and-meaningful-what-founders-still-need-to-fix-in-the-21st-century/#1a89897a2389. February 29, 2016 issue.
“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.”
Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990) Canadian eductor
Source: Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 83
“Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Douglas Coupland book JPod
I considered this. “I think I come from the everybody’s smart category. But they don’t apply their smarts to… larger picture pursuits. That includes me.”
JPod (2006)
