Quotes About Impact

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Once you get people's attention, you have a greater responsibility to tell them something of value.

I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility.

We need to ask ourselves: What use is our scientific endeavor and innovation when they are inaccessible to the people who need them the most? It is only when the benefits of research reach the person on the lowest rung of the economic ladder that it can be considered to have delivered true value.

What you believe, what you value, how you live, matters.

Never underestimate the value of someone who can say, 'You make me sick.'

I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.

It became clear to me that our value as people is not in our stock portfolios and bank accounts but in the legacies we leave behind.

For me, the only value a celebrity has, or any artist or actor or anything, is the things that they make, you know?

People don't get angry at you for shock value. People get angry at you when you affect something that is at their core, whether it be guns or religion or whatever. Their belief system.

When I give away a book for free, it gets my name out there. That has lifelong value for me that goes way beyond the few dollars I could maybe charge.

When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.

I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on.

If something's really selfless, then there's really no value in it for you... there's only value in it for the world.

If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

I love feeling like I'm 'on the pulse' of things. Nothing more satisfying, more valued, more exciting as a writer. Because shaping pop culture really means that you're saying something that a lot of people want to hear.

When the U.K. and India collaborate, there is force multiplier, which is very-very strong. The force multiplier with India is much stronger than with many other countries. We get much greater impact and valued research papers when British and Indian scientists co-operate.

Mankind cannot suffer anywhere without it bringing sorrow to other hearts

It's one thing to think that your job has a purpose, and it's another to meet a specific person who cares, appreciates, and values what you do," Grant told me. "The call center people got a new sense of their worth—not only on the job but as individuals.

When I told Yoko about my visit with Paul, she said something to the effect that I had fallen under his spell.

don't fuck it up with pompous bullshit; the demise of Rolling Stone would leave a nasty hole. Sincerely, Hunter S. Thompson Woody Creek, Colorado

JOHN BELUSHI ENTERED my life with the crash of a door, a broken chair, and maybe pots flying out of the kitchen cabinets.

Bruce Springsteen wrote, "Elvis was as big as the whole country itself, as big as the whole dream. He embodied the essence of it.