Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it. – Kenneth L. Pike
One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change peoples minds. – Frank Zappa
There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place. – Washington Irving
