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  1. A quotation from Shaw

    All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.

    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
    Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Preface (1893)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shaw-george-bernard/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #GeorgeBernardShaw #censorship #challenge #establishment #heterodoxy #institutions #orthodoxy #progress #statusquo

  2. A quotation from Shaw

    All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.

    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
    Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Preface (1893)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shaw-george-bernard/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #GeorgeBernardShaw #censorship #challenge #establishment #heterodoxy #institutions #orthodoxy #progress #statusquo

  3. A quotation from Shaw

    All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.

    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
    Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Preface (1893)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shaw-george-bernard/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #GeorgeBernardShaw #censorship #challenge #establishment #heterodoxy #institutions #orthodoxy #progress #statusquo

  4. A quotation from Shaw

    All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.

    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
    Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Preface (1893)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shaw-george-bernard/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #GeorgeBernardShaw #censorship #challenge #establishment #heterodoxy #institutions #orthodoxy #progress #statusquo

  5. A quotation from Shaw

    All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.

    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
    Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Preface (1893)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shaw-george-bernard/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #GeorgeBernardShaw #censorship #challenge #establishment #heterodoxy #institutions #orthodoxy #progress #statusquo

  6. A quotation from Henry Commager

    What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or validity of our foreign policy. It regards as particularly heinous any challenge to what is called “the system of private enterprise,” identifying that system with Americanism. It abandons evolution, repudiates the once popular concept of progress, and regards America as a finished product, perfect and complete.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #bigbusiness #capitalism #conformity #conservatism #exceptionalism #freeenterprise #laissezfaire #loyalty #nationalism #perfection #progress #publichousing #racism #socializedmedicine #statusquo

  7. A quotation from Henry Commager

    What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or validity of our foreign policy. It regards as particularly heinous any challenge to what is called “the system of private enterprise,” identifying that system with Americanism. It abandons evolution, repudiates the once popular concept of progress, and regards America as a finished product, perfect and complete.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #bigbusiness #capitalism #conformity #conservatism #exceptionalism #freeenterprise #laissezfaire #loyalty #nationalism #perfection #progress #publichousing #racism #socializedmedicine #statusquo

  8. A quotation from Henry Commager

    What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or validity of our foreign policy. It regards as particularly heinous any challenge to what is called “the system of private enterprise,” identifying that system with Americanism. It abandons evolution, repudiates the once popular concept of progress, and regards America as a finished product, perfect and complete.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #bigbusiness #capitalism #conformity #conservatism #exceptionalism #freeenterprise #laissezfaire #loyalty #nationalism #perfection #progress #publichousing #racism #socializedmedicine #statusquo

  9. A quotation from Henry Commager

    What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or validity of our foreign policy. It regards as particularly heinous any challenge to what is called “the system of private enterprise,” identifying that system with Americanism. It abandons evolution, repudiates the once popular concept of progress, and regards America as a finished product, perfect and complete.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #bigbusiness #capitalism #conformity #conservatism #exceptionalism #freeenterprise #laissezfaire #loyalty #nationalism #perfection #progress #publichousing #racism #socializedmedicine #statusquo

  10. A quotation from Henry Commager

    What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or validity of our foreign policy. It regards as particularly heinous any challenge to what is called “the system of private enterprise,” identifying that system with Americanism. It abandons evolution, repudiates the once popular concept of progress, and regards America as a finished product, perfect and complete.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #bigbusiness #capitalism #conformity #conservatism #exceptionalism #freeenterprise #laissezfaire #loyalty #nationalism #perfection #progress #publichousing #racism #socializedmedicine #statusquo

  11. "Regret is far more expensive than failure" - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    Most people and organizations are paralyzed by a single, haunting question: "What if I fail?"

    They spend months (sometimes years) conducting risk assessments and feasibility studies, all designed to protect themselves from the sting of a mistake. They personally try to avoid risk, or in the case of companies, have entire risk management teams, whose goal is to minimize and eliminate risk. They insulate themselves from bold moves because they cannot bear to see things go wrong.

    And in doing so, they miss out on a lot of opportunity - and come to regret it later.

    What's worse? Trying to do something and seeing it go wrong? Or thinking back years later, "I should have tried to do it!"

    In my own 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the most dangerous risk isn't the pivot that goes wrong: it's the pivot that never happens. We need to stop obsessing over the cost of a "miss" and start focusing on the only question that truly matters: "What if I never try at all?"

    Think of it this way: failure is a temporary setback but a valuable asset. You can learn from it, adjust, and pivot again. But the idea of never trying at all results in a permanent loss of potential. You don't learn and become stuck where you are, missing out on the chance to go where you should be going.

    I’ve sat in boardrooms with legacy companies that are now obsolete, not because they made a bad bet, but because they were too afraid to place a bet at all. They chose the "safety" of the status quo, only to find that the status quo had moved on without them.

    The Infinite Pivot isn't about being fearless; it’s about being more afraid of standing still than you are of moving forward. When you look back at your career or your company’s history a decade from now, you won't remember the small stumbles.

    You will only remember the doors you were too scared to open.

    Remember: the risk of the unknown is manageable.

    But the cost of "what if" or "if only" is infinite.

    ---

    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that having a case of the 'if-only's' is worse than suffering from a case of the 'whoops!'

    **#Regret** **#Failure** **#Risk** **#Action** **#TryAnyway** **#Pivot** **#Fear** **#Opportunity** **#Paralysis** **#Courage** **#Learning** **#StatusQuo** **#WhatIf** **#Bold** **#Decisions** **#Movement** **#Forward** **#Lessons** **#Freelance** **#Legacy** **#Potential** **#Doors** **#Standing** **#Moving** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  12. "Regret is far more expensive than failure" - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    Most people and organizations are paralyzed by a single, haunting question: "What if I fail?"

    They spend months (sometimes years) conducting risk assessments and feasibility studies, all designed to protect themselves from the sting of a mistake. They personally try to avoid risk, or in the case of companies, have entire risk management teams, whose goal is to minimize and eliminate risk. They insulate themselves from bold moves because they cannot bear to see things go wrong.

    And in doing so, they miss out on a lot of opportunity - and come to regret it later.

    What's worse? Trying to do something and seeing it go wrong? Or thinking back years later, "I should have tried to do it!"

    In my own 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the most dangerous risk isn't the pivot that goes wrong: it's the pivot that never happens. We need to stop obsessing over the cost of a "miss" and start focusing on the only question that truly matters: "What if I never try at all?"

    Think of it this way: failure is a temporary setback but a valuable asset. You can learn from it, adjust, and pivot again. But the idea of never trying at all results in a permanent loss of potential. You don't learn and become stuck where you are, missing out on the chance to go where you should be going.

    I’ve sat in boardrooms with legacy companies that are now obsolete, not because they made a bad bet, but because they were too afraid to place a bet at all. They chose the "safety" of the status quo, only to find that the status quo had moved on without them.

    The Infinite Pivot isn't about being fearless; it’s about being more afraid of standing still than you are of moving forward. When you look back at your career or your company’s history a decade from now, you won't remember the small stumbles.

    You will only remember the doors you were too scared to open.

    Remember: the risk of the unknown is manageable.

    But the cost of "what if" or "if only" is infinite.

    ---

    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that having a case of the 'if-only's' is worse than suffering from a case of the 'whoops!'

    **#Regret** **#Failure** **#Risk** **#Action** **#TryAnyway** **#Pivot** **#Fear** **#Opportunity** **#Paralysis** **#Courage** **#Learning** **#StatusQuo** **#WhatIf** **#Bold** **#Decisions** **#Movement** **#Forward** **#Lessons** **#Freelance** **#Legacy** **#Potential** **#Doors** **#Standing** **#Moving** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  13. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We understand the philosophy of those who offer resistance, of those who conduct a counter offensive against the American people’s march of social progress. It is not an opposition which comes necessarily from wickedness — it is an opposition that comes from subconscious resistance to any measure that disturbs the position of privilege.
       It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #newdeal #avarice #change #conservatives #elite #greed #privilege #progress #socialjustice #socialwelfare #statusquo

  14. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We understand the philosophy of those who offer resistance, of those who conduct a counter offensive against the American people’s march of social progress. It is not an opposition which comes necessarily from wickedness — it is an opposition that comes from subconscious resistance to any measure that disturbs the position of privilege.
       It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #newdeal #avarice #change #conservatives #elite #greed #privilege #progress #socialjustice #socialwelfare #statusquo

  15. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We understand the philosophy of those who offer resistance, of those who conduct a counter offensive against the American people’s march of social progress. It is not an opposition which comes necessarily from wickedness — it is an opposition that comes from subconscious resistance to any measure that disturbs the position of privilege.
       It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #newdeal #avarice #change #conservatives #elite #greed #privilege #progress #socialjustice #socialwelfare #statusquo

  16. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We understand the philosophy of those who offer resistance, of those who conduct a counter offensive against the American people’s march of social progress. It is not an opposition which comes necessarily from wickedness — it is an opposition that comes from subconscious resistance to any measure that disturbs the position of privilege.
       It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #newdeal #avarice #change #conservatives #elite #greed #privilege #progress #socialjustice #socialwelfare #statusquo

  17. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We understand the philosophy of those who offer resistance, of those who conduct a counter offensive against the American people’s march of social progress. It is not an opposition which comes necessarily from wickedness — it is an opposition that comes from subconscious resistance to any measure that disturbs the position of privilege.
       It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #newdeal #avarice #change #conservatives #elite #greed #privilege #progress #socialjustice #socialwelfare #statusquo

  18. A quotation from Joseph Addison

    When Men are easy in their Circumstances, they are naturally Enemies to Innovations.

    Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
    Essay (1716-05-16), The Freeholder, No. 42

    More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/83076…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddison #circumstance #comfort #conservative #ease #statusquo #situation #satisfaction

  19. A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

    When I find myself hotly defending something, when I am, in fact, zealous, it is time for me to step back and examine whatever it is that has me so hot under the collar. Do I think it’s going to threaten my comfortable rut? Make me change and grow? — and growing always causes growing pains. Am I afraid to ask questions?

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/828…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #change #discomfort #growth #questioning #rut #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfquestioning #statusquo #threat #zeal #zealotry

  20. A quotation from Frank Zappa

    Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

    Frank Zappa (1940-1993) American singer-songwriter
    A Day with Frank Zappa, Part 5, documentary, dir. Roelof Kiers, VPRO-TV (1971-02-11)

    More about this quote (and variants): wist.info/zappa-frank/4263/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #zappa #frankzappa #change #convention #deviance #deviation #heterodoxy #LGBTQ #norm #normalcy #orientation #orthodoxy #progress #sexuality #statusquo #variation #diversity #meme

  21. A quotation from Frank Zappa

    Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

    Frank Zappa (1940-1993) American singer-songwriter
    A Day with Frank Zappa, Part 5, documentary, dir. Roelof Kiers, VPRO-TV (1971-02-11)

    More about this quote (and variants): wist.info/zappa-frank/4263/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #zappa #frankzappa #change #convention #deviance #deviation #heterodoxy #LGBTQ #norm #normalcy #orientation #orthodoxy #progress #sexuality #statusquo #variation #diversity #meme

  22. A quotation from Frank Zappa

    Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

    Frank Zappa (1940-1993) American singer-songwriter
    A Day with Frank Zappa, Part 5, documentary, dir. Roelof Kiers, VPRO-TV (1971-02-11)

    More about this quote (and variants): wist.info/zappa-frank/4263/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #zappa #frankzappa #change #convention #deviance #deviation #heterodoxy #LGBTQ #norm #normalcy #orientation #orthodoxy #progress #sexuality #statusquo #variation #diversity #meme

  23. A quotation from Henry Steele Commager

    What threatens our security is not change but the inability to change; what threatens progress is not revolution but stagnation; what threatens our survival is not novel or dangerous ideas but the absence of ideas.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Speech (1971-04-10), “The University and the Community of Learning,” Kent State University, Ohio

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #change #conservatism #progress #stagnation #statusquo #survival #inflexibility #ideas #security

  24. A quotation (not) from Richard Feynman

    You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.

    Richard Feynman (1918-1988) American physicist
    (Spurious)

    More about this quote: wist.info/feynman-richard/8055…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardfeynman #change #growth #maturity #progress #selfchange #selfimprovement #statusquo #stagnation

  25. A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    If you dare to sail first o’er a new thought track,
       For a while it will scourge and score you;
    Then, coming abreast with a skillful tack,
    It will clasp your hand and slap your back,
       And vow it was there before you.

    Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
    Poem (1892), “The World” st. 2, Once A Week, Vol. 10, No. 6 (1892-11-19)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #catchingup #change #inertia #innovation #progress #statusquo

  26. How do you show your social value in a way that’s instantly recognizable?

    "The meaning ascribed to race in the nightclub setting was related to perceptions of safety. The bouncers (many of whom are Black or Latino) claimed that letting Black or Latino Americans in might jeopardize safety at the club. However, Rivera says she saw fights between white customers frequently."

    A field study by Lauren A. Rivera, 2010: insight.kellogg.northwestern.e @sociology

    #lineOfColor #whiteSupremacy #clubbing #nightClubs #status #Losers #Clueless #tourists #casuals #sociopaths #subcultures #cool #money #power #reputation #prestige #sociality #goingOut #nightlife #sociology #safety #collectiveSafety #communitySafety #NYC #Manhattan #discrimination #distinction #statusQuo #sorting #bouncers

  27. #jesus is for many #USA #believers too #woke & #liberal [1][2]. One could argue they are finally getting it. He provided free food & healthcare, supported the #poor, & is an #inspiration to #destroy the #statusquo.

    It is rare to meet a #realchristian, & so refreshing when it does happen. It provides #hope, while removing #despair. That is the #essence of #leftwing #politics. Create #change to #realise a #betterfuture for all. 5/5

    [1] newsweek.com/evangelicals-reje
    [2] newrepublic.com/post/174950/ch