WIST Quotations

Colton, Charles Caleb -- Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 558 (1820)

Dave — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:44:00 +0000

Habit will reconcile us to every thing but change, and even to change, if it recur not too quickly.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 558 (1820)
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Toffler, Alvin -- Future Shock, Introduction (1970)

Dave — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:49:16 +0000

… “[F]uture shock” [is] the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

Alvin Toffler (1928-2016) American writer and futurist
Future Shock, Introduction (1970)
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