Quotes About Impact

Hitherto, it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. John Stuart Mill.

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.

The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond. The bad economist sees only the direct consequences of a proposed course; the good economist looks also at the longer and indirect consequences. The bad economist sees only what the effect of a given policy has been or will be on one particular group; the good economist inquires also what the effect of the policy will be on all groups.

The style of bathing suit we now know as the bikini existed before then, but got its name only when the designer Louis Réard chose to use it to draw attention to a collection he was showing a few days after the bomb test. Bikini, we might argue, should have become a word to sum up the devastation that a nuclear weapon can cause; instead it became a word for a skimpy piece of beach attire. One

Ideas are, in truth, force.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.

Asia's International Order and China Of all conceptions of world order in Asia, China operated the longest lasting, the most clearly defined, and the one furthest from Westphalian ideas. China has also taken the most complex journey, from ancient civilization through classical empire, to Communist revolution, to modern great-power status—a course which will have a profound impact on mankind.

E veio demonstrar como mudanças internas podem abalar o equilíbrio internacional mais profundamente do que uma agressão externa – uma lição que seria aplicada pelas revoluções do século XX, muitas das quais beberam explicitamente dos conceitos originalmente avançados pela Revolução Francesa.

A insistência impensada em fazer o que é certo pode virar desculpa para deixar de pensar em todas as consequências das políticas, afirma ele. As pessoas que querem usar o poder para mudar o mundo são com frequência idealistas, apesar de os realistas serem vistos mais comumente como pessoas dispostas a usar a força.

To understand a man,' Napoleon is said to have observed, 'look at the world when he was twenty.' Thatcher had turned twenty in 1945.

Snad žádná domácí diskuse v amerických dÄ›jinách nezanechala tak hluboké rány jako spory kolem války ve Vietnamu.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men.

When push comes to shove we can afford to lose an arm or a leg, but I am operating on peoples thoughts and feelings... and if something goes wrong I can destroy that persons character... forever.

You might think the operation has been a success because the patient leaves the hospital alive but if you saw them years later – as I often do – you would realize that the result of the operation was a human disaster.

Actors die so loud.

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

Christ has redeemed the cultural agents, thus transforming culture also.

Dream study impacts culture. We are put in touch with the inner poet who dreams. We hear our inner, subjective response to the outer world. That helps spiritualize our lives.

I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.

After... The seas have dried out The trains have come to a shrieking holt The hounds of the abyss cease to howl The prisons have closed their doors The pigs have no one to arrest except themselves The drugs no longer have an effect When it's all over All I'll remember is you

I couldn't tell if I was being distant to someone, or rude or even hostile. I only know a good night and a bad night. I know that I remember the bad night longer than the good night.