Quotes About Impact

Apart from a thin film of life at the very surface of the Earth, an occasional intrepid spacecraft, and some radio static, our impact on the Universe is nil. It knows nothing of us.

This will rise to ten million annual deaths by 2020—in part because of a massive advertising campaign to portray smoking as advanced and fashionable to young women in the developing world.

The key point of the Tunguska Event is that there was a tremendous explosion, a great shock wave, an enormous forest fire, and yet there is no impact crater at the site. There seems to be only one explanation consistent with all the facts: In 1908 a piece of a comet hit the Earth.

She came to admire him so much that his love for her affected her own self-esteem: She liked herself better because of him.

Our technology has produced thalidomide, CFCs, Agent Orange, nerve gas, pollution of air and water, species extinctions, and industries so powerful they can ruin the climate of the planet.

And because what we are doing is so horrifying, we tend not to think of it much.

Oh, estar enamorado ha hecho de mí un hombre nuevo! ¡La fuerza del amor es algo tremendo! El amor es algo que... transforma el mundo entero

In this way, I destroyed him, by telling him truth that he and his world which he was born and raised in, yours and his world, had told him could not be told?

If you stick around long enough you're either forgotten or remembered too much.

Each created entity is in symbiotic relationship with every other and in such a way that any act reverberates out and affects the whole, shaking this web with varying degrees of intensity.

book variables, student variables, and school variables.

I wish I could weep the way my teacher did as he read us Molly Bloom's soliloquy of yes.

Give the world half of what Nina Simone gave it, and you have lived an exceptional life.

To paraphrase a quote from Fog and associates (2005): if a school does not stand for something more profound than raising achievement levels, then it probably does not make a memorable difference to teachers, students, or parents.

You can't just check out and think it will all be over. It won't be over for anyone who loves you. You'll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You'll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn't . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you're like me, single without children, you could impact generations. Is quick relief worth it?

Much of what happens to us in life is due to chance and circumstances beyond our control. Being in the right place at the right time. Discovering that others have impacted us more than we know and for reasons that are not entirely clear. But hard work matters, too. There is an old saying: The harder I work, the luckier I get.

When a massive failure to preserve the integrity of an ecosystem occured, no one escaped the consequences.

One kiss did not create a lifetime relationship. One moment did not define everything that would happen in the future.

son los actos y no las palabras los que marcan la diferencia.

But words spoken can never be taken back. They can only be measured for and judged on the strength of their sincerity and need.

from nature what they needed to improve their lives without regard for how it might damage nature herself

Of small events are great catastrophes constructed.

Richard started to walk away. Zedd called his name. He stopped and turned. Just be glad she cares for you as much as she does. If she didn't, she might have touched you. Richard stared back at him a long moment. I'm afraid, in a way, she already has.

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.