Quotes About Impact

We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good.

I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.

There's definitely something about the impact of social media in terms of people being able to go from slightly angry with each other to 'fight' very quickly.

In fact, sometimes when a short film is done well, you wish that it could be slightly longer.

One of the great joys of being a slip fielder who takes a catch is you are able to contribute to the bowler's success. Yes, you are putting yourself in the firing line if you stuff it up, but you must want to be in that position to make a difference, and recognise sometimes that you might make mistakes. There are no easy catches in the slips.

These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

When you put money directly to a problem, it makes a good headline. It makes a good campaign slogan. You get to claim that you've engaged in these activities within an election cycle. But certain investments take longer than an election cycle.

That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.

Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact, reading it on my own and being my main company. I think Proust is the most intelligent person to ever have written a novel.

We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.

When the developed grow fast, the developing grow fast, and when the developed slow down, the developing slow down.

For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.

Many writers, including myself, have detailed how irresponsible government actions slow economic recoveries. Similar behavior by individuals impedes growth, too. If you can't find someone reliable to do a deal with, you simply don't do the deal at all.

Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.

We use a curtain, so we don't use a net, so there's nothing sea life can get entangled with. And also, the system moves very slowly. It moves around 4 inches per second on average. So really, the chances of sea life being harmed by this are very minimal.

For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

Slowly, ideas lead to ideology, lead to policies that lead to actions.

You cannot have players come on and not make the impact because the game will slowly slip away from you. It is important you are ready.

Alfred Nobel believed that social changes are brought about slowly, and sometimes by indirect means.

Five days in Nairobi slums changes you.

People always sit there and talk about 'Talking Smack.' They always bring up the incident of 'Talking Smack.' What did I do on there that was so terrible?

A high five is a very open kind of hand, but it can still smack you.

Small gestures can have a big impact.