Quotes About Impact

Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.

Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.

Bill Milliken is a big hero of mine.

I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.

Data do not indicate that mandatory minimum sentences keep our communities safer. Instead, mandatory minimums are disproportionately harming people and communities of color.

The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.

Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.

I am not the governor, administrator or chief minister, who can issue instructions to bring about changes. I can only advise.

For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell me how much it means to them to have a woman in the top job in politics in Scotland.

When the first 'Hellboy' series came out, in the same batch of fan mail I got a letter from somebody from the Church of Satan, and I got a letter from a minister, and they both liked it. And I thought, 'What am I doing that I'm making both these guys happy?'

I came in to make a difference, to be a minister, to make policy.

The most influential people in my life are deceased. These include my parents, George Dunne, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., my minister in college.

ITC looks forward to working with the chief minister and the government of India to ensure trade leads to impact on the ground.

From the beginning of this century, for a decade as chief minister of Gujarat and for just over four years as India's PM, Modi has made an indelible mark in the annals of our history.

I have been chief minister twice. In 1997 I was in office for six months, and during that period I did a lot of work, much more than what anybody can do in six years.

I am never bored in my ministry because I continually see the impact of God in people's lives.

I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor way.

I would argue that electing Donald Trump would be a disaster for minorities; it would be a disaster when it comes to foreign policy.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

Coal is used to generate power almost everywhere, but problems associated with coal ash and coal ash slurry disproportionately affect low-income and minority communities, experts say.

If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.

If the audience, in minute 50, is thinking about the way a movie is shot, there's a problem. I want it to permeate emotionally.

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and the minute we got another woman, that changed.