The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.
Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.
A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot.
Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues
When I was hacking, it was more pushing the status quo and seeing how far you can go.
A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.
If people aren't educated, they can't question. If they can't question, they can't change anything, which is great for the status quo and all the people who can question them at their own level.
Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision.
Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.
The status quo (of development) pre-ordains failure from the very beginning.
Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.
I almost feel like it’s an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.
To be impartial. . . is indeed to have taken sides already. . . with the status quo.
She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo.
Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.
Explore the situation. Statements are expendable. Don't keep on looking in the rearview mirror and defending the status quo which is outmoded the moment it happened.
If you can't change the status quo, make the status quo, change.
Our feeling is that the status quo often gets a boost and this is the new status quo.