"It is a dangerous thing to reform..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.
More by Oscar Wilde
“As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.”
“Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.”
“I live in terror of not being misunderstood.”
More on Reform
“Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store or municipal or government bonds.”
“I think it might be better to have the President sort of like the King of England - or the Queen - and have the real business of the presidency conducted by ... a city manager-type, a Prime Minister, somebody who's directly answerable to Congress, rather than a person who moves all his friends into the White House and does whatever he wants for four years.”
“We do not need more laws . No country suffers from a shortage of laws. We need a new model .”
More on Change
“Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.”
“It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.”
“The whole world changes when there's presence - sunlight everywhere - because you're not separate from the world.”