Status Quo Quotes

Large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity.

The guardians of the status quo are always on hand with their oxygen tents to keep the old order alive.

The comfortable, the entrenched, the privileged cannot continue to tremble at the prospect of change in the status quo.

This limited degree of concern is a reflection of an inner conflict which measures cautiously the impact of any change on the status quo. As the nation passes from opposing extremist behavior to the deeper and more pervasive elements of equality, white America reaffirms its bonds to the status quo. It had contemplated comfortably hugging the shoreline but now fears that the winds of change are blowing it out to sea.

When you're doing something for yourself, or your best friend or family, you're not going to cheese out. If you don't love something, you're not going to go the extra mile, work the extra weekend, challenge the status quo as much.