Quotes About Impact

Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side.

One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think - even the activists - that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: 'Look I went to a demonstration, and we didn't stop the war so what's the use of doing it again?'

America lost its face with the debacle of the Vietnam War.

I was trying in 'The Power of the Dog' to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people.

So many people view the war on drugs as a failure, as something that was perhaps intended and carried out with good intentions but very badly executed.

LaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Marion Barber, and a host of other black stars help the NFL shine brightly week after week.

As an actor, every opportunity, every role, everything that I do is an opportunity to have someone have a human experience with my work. I don't just want it to be about a cute wardrobe and a high paycheck.

I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it seems like a minor detail to some people. But I think it's hugely important.

I think 'Greenleaf' has taken television up a notch all the way across the boards - from wardrobe and everything.

Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.

After Andy Warhol died, it left a dark cloud over N.Y.C. nightlife.

Warhol had a huge effect on me. It wasn't that I sought it out. It was more of a natural evolution.

One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won't jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing.

My concern has always been with creating images that catch people's eyes, penetrate their minds, warm their hearts and cause them to act.

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

Fuel prices are at the center of our lives. They affect our ability to travel, stay warm, and feed ourselves.

I always try to have a positive and warm intention that is not about me. It is easy to make everything about yourself. But you take the weight off when we make it about the audience. It's about the joy you can bring to somebody else instead of the joy that you get from doing it.

At Old Trafford you warm up with nobody in the stands, you hear nothing in the tunnel, and then you enter the pitch and you hear an incredible noise.

You have a dream, and you hope you can help someone. But to actually find out that you did that, it gives you a warm feeling inside.

So imagine a world 6 degrees warmer. It's not going to recognize geographical boundaries. It's not going to recognize anything. So agriculture regions today will be wiped out.

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

Global warming is something that happens to all of us, all at once.

Global warming is a real threat to our communities, to everybody, to everything.

When it comes to global warming, coal is the gorilla in the room.