Quotes About Impact

In order to join vigorously in the moral work of the world I must believe that somehow the best I can accomplish will endure, will leave its trace on things, will aid the final consummation.

You and I and everyone else have the attention span of gnats. And that means that saying or doing anything once simply doesn't work.

It is not the style but the quality and emotional impact of work that makes it marketable. Unless we make art that connects with people, we won't sell much, no matter what the style or subject.

Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it's in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written.

My parents taught me as a kid: do your work. Do it well. Try as hard as you can, whatever it is. It will one day, for the long run, it will make some sort of change somewhere.

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor, it's the work that matters.

I think novels - or any art form - can have a powerful impact on people's perceptions of race, particularly if they draw attention to the absurd inconsistencies and stereotypes we all carry around with us and don't want to think about.

You have to look at the effects of something like 'Little Britain,' of how the stereotypes it pushes has impacted society and the way people interact with each other.

Howard Stern was the only one that was able to get through to me.

People are so nice, you know. It's such a credit to Howard Stern - the audience base that he created is such a special thing. It took him a long time to create this family of fans, and I was lucky to be a part of that for a while.

I had no interest in steroids. I didn't need them, and I didn't want them. I never wanted them. From the get-go, I've frequently mouthed off about their negative impact on the game.

I'll never forget when I heard Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs for the first time. I was just blown away, and it changed my whole approach to guitar.

The only way to honor Steve and his legacy and everything he lived for was to try to continue his work and expand on it.

When Steve Jobs died last week, there was a huge outcry, and that was very moving and justified.

Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.

Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world.

Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.

Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums.

Steve Jobs just made a product. He started off where a lot of people were skeptical of what he was doing, and he basically just focused on the product and making it the best he could, and really focused on what it was that these products would take into your lives.

You talk about Steve Jobs when he came out with the iPhone, and everyone thought it was amazing: you touch it and move the screen.

Steve McQueen was the guy who said less, and everything was all behind his words and what he didn't say, and you still felt emotionally connected and rooted behind him.

The Small Faces was such a different band than the Faces. I know three of us are the same, but when you take Steve Marriott out, it's a very different band.

Just because it's physically impossible for Steve Buscemi to be in every movie doesn't mean he's not capable of dramatically improving them all.