Quotes About Impact

One is reminded of the adage that whether elephants fight or make love, the grass gets trampled.

Ravished is a nice word found in sentimental novel. Between us, Moran, the word that stuck in my mind like shit to the bottom of a shoe was fucked .

Even now, when I have time to consider what I've been and what I am, I doubt I comprehend my humanity, if I can claim so grand a word for my own morsel of life. I might as well be a meteor of a man, for all the difference I've made on earth.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

I've been impressed by the extent to which one gets sentenced by one's own sentences. One explores certain things in play and then in a strange way they become commitments which one has to live. I have gained a deep respect for the demonic power of the word. Words are not idle. They have consequences.

True religion is like the smallpox. If you get it, you give it to others and it spreads.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

I just wanted to do something important.

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.

Siva tvar sadržava ponajprije masno?u; u slu?aju pretjeranog mršavljenja mozak trpi posljedice. Što se doga?a u suprotnom slu?aju? Deblja li se i mozak ili jednostavno postane masniji? I ako je odgovor potvrdan, kako to utje?e na misli? Churchillova ili Hitchcockova inteligencija sigurno nije patila zbog pretilosti vlasnika, ali povla?enje tolike težine zasigurno na ovaj ili onaj na?in utje?e na psihu.

The bottom line, says Rodrik, is that freer immigration has a much more positive net impact on global domestic product than liberalizing trade, movements of capital, or financial services.

People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.

What I want and I wanted to be unforgettable.

time is the third party to every relationship.

Basta hojear las biografías o las autobiografías de grandes estudiosos para descubrir casi siempre el recuerdo del encuentro con un docente que, durante los estudios secundarios o superiores, fue decisivo para orientar la curiosidad hacia esta o aquella disciplina. Todos nosotros hemos podido experimentar hasta qué punto la inclinación hacia una materia especifica ha sido suscitada, con mucha frecuencia, por el carisma y la habilidad de un profesor.

you are not praise by what you eat but by what you do

I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet.

Anlat?lsayd? de?eri kalmazd? ki. Bu nedenle anlat?lamazd?. Bu "?ey"i birine verseniz de fark?nda olmaz asl?nda. ?nsan uzun uzun anlatsa, "onun" kendine güven verdi?ini söylese, merak ederler belki. Fakat görünce bir "?ey"e benzetemezler muhakkak. Bu muydu, derler o "?ey". Verdi?iyle kal?r insan. Ezer, buru?turur, yere atarlar.

Co?kun:… Art?k benim sesimi de dinlemeli insanlar! ?ster keman sesi olsun,ister oyun sesi;yeni bir ses getirmeliyim bu dünyaya!

Sometimes we underestimate the impact we have on other people's lives. Everybody living, no matter how miserable his or her life may be or how glorious each day is, makes an impact on others.

The greatest danger of a terrorist's bomb is in the explosion of stupidity that it provokes.

I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership.

We caused the problems: then we sat and watched as they grew into crises.

Consider: Whether you're a human being, an insect, a microbe, or a stone, this verse is true. All that you touch, You Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change.