Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes. Zac Goldsmith 90scampaigncampaigner share on social
I want kids to know that it is okay to make a change in order to feel better about themselves. Soleil Moon Frye changefeelkid Change image and share on social
My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds. Pardis Sabeti changeeffectmind Change image and share on social
We may have to learn to live with cancer rather than die of it. It means a big change in our mindset and how we do research. We haven't quite reached there yet. Siddhartha Mukherjee bigcancerchange Change image and share on social
It's the invincible arrogance of Europe's elites that gets me. These are people who have seen the euro collapse. These are people who are presiding over a migration crisis on their borders, and yet do they ever acknowledge that they need to change? No. They say they need more integration, more of our money, more control over this country. Michael Gove acknowledgearroganceborder share on social
Climate change has been going on as long as the planet is here, and there will always be a little bit of it. Rupert Murdoch bitechangeclimate Change image and share on social
Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain. Philip Hammond absolutelybritainchange share on social
The thing about the basics is they don't really change - it's the details and the proportions that change. The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers. John Varvatos basicchangecut share on social
The change that I never fall into is the, 'I'm-above-you-look-at-me-do-stuff-for-me change.' The change that I'm hoping I get to is where I become wiser, smarter - where I put myself in situations that don't have a huge potential for disaster. Jeremy Lin changedisasterfall share on social
I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity. Tahar Ben Jelloun changecomplicitydenounce share on social