Quotes About Impact

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

People who grew up on my books are now able to get the point across to others that they're worth reading.

Awareness without action is worthless.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Any entrepreneur worth their salt knows that their brand is worthless if it doesn't somehow contribute to society or the overall good of the planet.

If you look at how much Hank Williams did by 29 years old, it makes you feel pretty worthless.

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?

I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you are dead.

Everyone has to die someday. I'd rather die after doing something worthwhile.

I just want to serve food that people want to eat, and show a way forward for the restaurant industry, for all industries. One day, everything I've done will be worthwhile.

Like I always said, Carson Palmer got hit in his knee in 2005 but there was no rule made. Then Tom Brady got hit in his knee and all of a sudden there is a rule and possible suspensions, excessive fines - it's just getting ridiculous.

Tom Bosley may have passed, but through that part and that character, a part of him will live on forever.

No one stopped buying I.B.M. because Tom Watson wasn't there, but they stopped buying Elizabeth Arden because she wasn't there.

I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that.

I kept hearing about this incredible guy called Tom Hardy. I started watching his work, and I was awestruck - he was amazing.

What Tom Brady did over the history of my life is the greatest thing I've seen in sports.

I've been just trying to master that same edge that a Tom Brady or Drew Brees has; when he steps into a building, you know he's there.

If you go to a restaurant with Tom Cruise, it's like walking in with Santa Claus. Everybody is in a better mood because he's there.

I guess Tom Cruise - everything he does, everything he touches, is kind of a success.

It's kind of hard to work with Tom Cruise and not be aware that you're working with one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.

I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.

I've always felt that, when I looked at my tombstone, it shouldn't say, 'Mehmet Oz banged out 10,000 open-heart operations.' I've probably done 5,000. Am I any better at it than 10,000? He shook his head. It's just a different number on the tombstone.

If being the lightning rod that started the Tea Party is what's written on my tombstone, I'll be very happy.