Status quo ante is Latin for "the way things were before" and incorporates the term status quo. In law, it refers to the objective of a temporary restraining order or a rescission in which the situation is restored to "the state in which previously" it existed. It may also refer to:
- Status quo ante bellum, "the way things were before the war"
- Reset button technique, a technique in fiction writing
Famous quotes containing the words status quo, status, quo and/or ante:
“At all events, as she, Ulster, cannot have the status quo, nothing remains for her but complete union or the most extreme form of Home Rule; that is, separation from both England and Ireland.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“[In early adolescence] she becomes acutely aware of herself as a being perceived by others, judged by others, though she herself is the harshest judge, quick to list her physical flaws, quick to undervalue and under-rate herself not only in terms of physical appearance but across a wide range of talents, capacities and even social status, whereas boys of the same age will cite their abilities, their talents and their social status pretty accurately.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)
“Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
“Al that joye is went away,
That wele is comen to weylaway,
To manie harde stoundes.
Hoere paradis hy nomen here,
And now they lien in helle ifere:”
—Unknown. Ubi Sunt Qui ante Nos Fuerunt? (L. 16–20)