Yusuf Cornelius Otijenu quote: “No matter the law of change; some things never change.”

“We arrive at a portrayal of other things, such as the laws governing matter. These are the great generalities – Which do not change.”

Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) Peintre Néerlandais

note in Mondrian's sketchbook II, 1912/13; as quoted in Two Mondrian sketchbooks 1912 - 1914, ed. Robert P. Welsh & J. M. Joosten, Amsterdam 1969 op. cit. (note 31), p. 61
1910's

“The only thing that never changes is that everything changes.”

Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) Novelist, short story writer

“That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.”

Malorie Blackman Noughts & Crosses

Source: Noughts & Crosses

“This new philosophy, however, was far from giving the temporal an inherent position and function in the constitution of things. Change was acting on the side of man but only because of fixed laws which governed the changes that take place. There was hope in change just because the laws that govern it do not change.”

John Dewey (1859–1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer

Time and Individuality (1940)

“Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law) their application is to be changed with the changing circumstances of the times. Some persons may call this retrogression, I call it progression of human opinion.”

John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820–1894) British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician

1 Cababe & Ellis' Q. B. D. Rep. 135.
Reg. v. Ramsey (1883)

“Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“You can't change laws without first changing human nature.'
-Nurse Greta

You can't change human nature without first changing the law.'
-Nurse Yvonne”

Neal Shusterman book Unwind

Source: Unwind

“Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws.”

Sheryl WuDunn book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Source: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

“Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law.”

Ferdinand de Saussure book Course in General Linguistics

Source: Cours de linguistique générale (1916), p. 77
Context: The causes of continuity are a priori within the scope of the observer, but the causes of change in time are not. It is better not to attempt giving an exact account at this point, but to restrict discussion to the shifting of relationships in general. Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law.

“After all, our laws only reflect the definitions of the majority. When those ideas change, the laws change.”

George Alec Effinger (1947–2002) Novelist, short story writer

Source: Relatives (1973)., Chapter 11 (p. 174).

“No matter the law of change; some things never change.”

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