Quotes About Impact

People throw legacy and dynasty around a bit too much.

What impact are you making, not only today, but for eternity? What impact are you making to leave a legacy?

Nobody can know what their legacy is going to be, you know?

The people we helped in the field, they know what the legacy is. The 40% or so of Americans that really can't stand the name of Blackwater, that's fine, I'll never really win them over anyway. And I really don't care.

As an artist, you can work to make money, or you can be an artist who thinks about their legacy.

People would ask me about my legacy, and I would tell them my legacy is what I did. You can't change it. It's just what you do or what you did.

I want to leave a nice legacy.

When you allow yourself to really think about the future and the legacy you're leaving, you become gentler.

When I think about my legacy, I think about the world that we leave behind for our children.

When you're done playing you want to leave a legacy.

I just feel like now, I have a family, I have kids. I do everything for them. I just think about what's the legacy I want to leave when I'm gone, what do I want people to say about me?

Most people know who I am and what kind of legacy I have.

I'm trying to create a career for myself, but not just any career, I'm trying to create a legacy.

I'm not a celebrity. I'm much more of a legacy. All things considered, I'd rather be a legacy.

Your legacy lasts forever, the money does not.

In Washington you legislate, but at home you touch people's lives; that's what I try to do when I go there.

Part of what we should be thinking about, whenever legislation is passed, is, 'how does this affect all varieties of communities?'

You never know when you lend somebody a hand, what that means for the rest of their lives.

What is important is the character that I play. Making an impact is far more important than the length of the role.

Yeah, I think anyone who plays the game for any length of time will pick up a concussion or two or three. I did.

For me, a good role, and not the length, is important.

What is the point of doing a long length character if that does not make sense or create an impact on story?

With my size and length I can affect the game in a lot of ways.

I want to make an impact on people. Like John Lennon writing 'Imagine,' a song that changes an entire generation of people.