Bert Lance Quotes

I tell people if it aint broke don't fix it.

If it ain't broke, don't break it.

It is not well to make great changes in old age.

Don't fix what's not broken.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

I've always thought if it's not broke, why fix it?

We don’t want to break what isn’t broken trying to fix what is.

Let well enough alone.

The perils of change are so great the promise of the most hopeful theories is so often deceptive, that it is frequently the wiser part to uphold the existing state of things, if it can be done, even though, in point of argument, it should be utterly indefensible.

You don't need to change something if it is working.

Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it's not broke, don't fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you'll probably make it worse.

We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established, and it is understood.

If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.

We preserve the status quo, preserve existing systems.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about reform.

…the burden of proof rests always upon the advocates of change.

All great Peoples are conservative; slow to believe in novelties; patient of much error in actualities.

When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.

Rule, and change nothing.

There is danger in reckless change; but greater danger in blind conservatism.