Quotes About Impact

First of all, I know it's all people like you. And that's what's so scary. Individually you don't know what you're doing collectively .

Again the greatest use of a human was to be useful. Not to consume, not to watch, but to do something for someone else that improved their life, even for a few minutes.

The death of a young person for no reason is an apocalypse.

Don't you think if someone like me, someone who invented most of this shit, is scared, don't you think you should be scared, too?

The work of man is done behind the back of the natural world. When nature notices, and can muster the energy, it wipes the slate clean again.

Wars] can come in different shapes and guises, but always wars come in increments. I am convinced there are steps, and that once these events are set in motion, they are virtually impossible to reverse. There were other steps in the country's stumble toward war, and I remember these days clearly now. But again, at the time I did not recognize these days as such, not as steps but as days like any others.

You're not seeing anything, saying anything. The weird paradox is that you think you're at the center of things, and that makes your opinions more valuable, but you yourself are becoming less vibrant. I bet you haven't done anything offscreen in months.

If you don't have something grand for men like us to be part of, we will take apart all the little things. Neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Building by building. Family by family.

Young men, come and blow things up.

And all this was before the bus hit the sheep.

We've sent over 180 million frowns from the U.S alone, and you can bet that has an effect on the regime.

When my time comes, I would like to know that I have repaid my debt to those who have made a difference in my life. And to be at peace knowing that I stopped the cancer from spreading to those I love.

One missed e-mail, untracked commitment, or decision avoided can have hugely magnified consequences.

An idealist believes that the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. —Sydney J. Harris

It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light.

discussion. Just know that one answer over the other does not equal a solution. It's only a decision. And decisions have ramifications

that one could never be the same afterward. It pushed bone, muscle, ligaments, and brains to places they were never intended to go. It was no wonder that so many men who had played the game were now suffering the long-term debilitating effects of entertaining millions and making large sums of money for doing so.

government leaders made decisions that would have massive impact on millions of people, all without their knowledge or consent.

It quickly aged all the occupants.

The combination of the heat and air moisture was debilitating.

Those who only watched pro football from the safety of their stadium seats or big-screen TVs could never imagine the devastating power of enormous men running at speed into other enormous men. It was like being in a car accident over and over. It didn't merely hurt; it stunned. It shocked the body in so many different ways that one could never be the same afterward.

Fame and influence are both often fickle and localized.

When the Fed raises or lowers interest rates, for instance, then that affects the entire economy. Contracts or expands it.

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