Quotes About Impact

Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases.

After all, all devices have their dangers. The discovery of speech introduced communication—and lies. The discovery of fire introduced cooking—and arson. The discovery of the compass improved navigation—and destroyed civilizations in Mexico and Peru. The automobile is marvelously useful—and kills Americans by the tens of thousands each year. Medical advances have saved lives by the millions—and intensified the population explosion.

The psychohistoric trend of a planet-full of people contains a huge inertia. To be changed it must be met with something possessing a similar inertia. Either as many people must be concerned, or if the number of people be relatively small, enormous time for change must be allowed.

Any technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech—and both are still dangerous to this day—but human beings would not be human without them.

A nuclear blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.

if people believe this, they would act on that belief. Many a prophecy, by the mere force of its being believed, is transmuted

The psychohistoric trend of a planet-full of people contains a huge inertia. To be changed it must be met with something possessing a similar inertia. Either as many people must be concerned, or if the number of people be relatively small, enormous time for change must be allowed. Do you understand?

Atomhajókkal? – Hát mivel? Azt a három kereskedelmi hajót, amelyet az Å' térségükben elvesztettünk, nem légpuskával durrantották le.

Tenía unas páginas de poesía, que guardaba con indecible cariño, donde se podía leer que lo que una mano había hecho nunca podía deshacerlo.

La gratitud es mejor y más eficaz cuando no se evapora en frases vacías.

Get this,' the trader spoke forcefully and earnestly, 'there are five or six fat slobs who usually run an average planet. They get the rabbit punch, but I'm not losing peace of mind over them. See. The people? The ordinary run of guys? Sure, some get killed, and the rest pay extra taxes for a while. But it settles itself out; it runs itself down. And then it's the old situation again with a different five or six.

reshayim, the wicked. It is the wicked who make history.

El amor es un rayo que nos golpea de súbito y nos cambia.

trastocó la realidad y ya nada volvió a ser como antes.

Destinul unei carti incepe atunci cand ea este citita nu cand este scrisa! -

he came to see me whenever he needed to flee a disaster related to women or money. His presence was a typhoon that completely upset my well-regulated existence and the peace of mind that I felt in his absence.

La idea de reproducirse y contribuir al exceso de población del planeta no le preocupaba.

Poetry is what stays in your head and isn't forgotten.

El primer amor es como la viruela, deja huellas imborrables.

Estamos angustiadas por la situación de la humanidad y del planeta. Ahora es cuestión de ponernos de acuerdo para darle un remezón formidable al mundo.

Qué queríamos cambiar? Nada menos que el mundo, y con la arrogancia de la juventud, pensábamos que se podía hacer en unos diez o quince años.

You've accepted that you can't change the country much less the world, but you can help some individuals.

I never forget that a book is not an end in itself. Just like a newspaper or a magazine, a book is a means of communication, which is why I try to grab the reader by the throat and not let go to the end. I don't always succeed, of course; readers tend to be elusive. Who is my reader?

llamarme «mamá», que deja una huella tremenda de su paso por mi vida, la memoria de su risa, de su gracia, de su rebeldía, de su martirio.