Quotes About Impact

Without our realizing it, we were trained to think that the most significant people are star athletes, actors, and musicians—the ones we applaud, those whose autographs others seek. They aren't. Not really. Most often, the people worth noting are the individuals who turn a "nobody" into a "somebody" but never receive credit.

Escribe tus críticas en la arena, y tus cumplidos en el mármol».

success in the kingdom of God and in any local church depends upon the faithful people of whom the general public is unaware.

Own it all. Hold yourself accountable to God, and confess any sinful part. By doing so, you will have the necessary peace to make peace with your brother or sister. Do this, and you will leave a lasting positive impact on the people around you, even as a sinner.

there is a point at which eccentricity begins to impact operational effectiveness.

There is good management and bad management: good management is like air—you don't know it's there until it's gone away.

Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else.

There are good ways and bad ways to get my attention. Whacking on my ego with a crowbar will get my attention, sure, but it's not going to leave me well disposed to the messenger.

Technologies are not neutral: they come with attached agendas, with associated ways of thinking. Industrial revolutions are inherently political revolutions.

Some invasions barely warrant the name.

Computers aren't as powerful as most people think; running even a small and rather stupid intern can really bog down a server.)

To make a lasting impact on the world's system, one must be distinct from it, not identical to it.

Well-intentioned people are often blind to the results of their good deeds.

Those who set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

Fire, knives, automobiles, hair removal cream. Each of these things serves an important purpose. Each one makes our lives better. And each one can cause some serious problems when abused. Now you can add statistics to that list.

Statistics is like a high-caliber weapon: helpful when used correctly and potentially disastrous in the wrong hands.

Technology displaces workers in the short run but does not lead to mass unemployment in the long run.

To understand the true impact of a treatment, we need to know the "counterfactual," which is what would have happened in the absence of that treatment or intervention.

Inflation of all kinds devalues everything it infects. It obscures information and so distorts behaviour.

We will just resent whatever cost and inconvenience the regulations impose, totally unaware that those precautions may have prevented a debt crisis or a real estate crash.

If your $99 printer breaks and you have to pay out of pocket to fix or replace it, this will not meaningfully change your life.

We've all led raucous lives, some of them inside, some of them out. But only the poem you leave behind is what's important. Everyone knows this.

and look down the glowing store front of a 24 hr bodega. I am not overly concerned about going in there with one bare foot and a considerable amount of dried blood on my clothing. This is the Bronx after all. But best to minimize the visual impact I might make.

The internet. Everything one needs at one's fingertips. There have been no doubt studies demonstrating how this has affected people's memories in the negative. I will have to look those up online.