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Quotes About Impact

The world needs people like you,' Simmon said in the tone of voice that let me know he was turning philosophical. 'You get things done. Not always the best way, or the most sensible way, but it gets done nonetheless. You're a rare creature.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I heard the silence pouring from them. The audience held themselves quiet, tense, and tight, as if the song had burned them worse than flame. Each person held their wounded selves closely, clutching their pain as if it were a precious thing.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
La diferencia consiste en decirle algo a una persona y decir algo sobre una persona. Lo primero puede ser una grosería, pero lo segundo es, siempre un chisme.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It will be worth it if I am remembered, if not flatteringly, then at least with some small amount of accuracy.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Appearance is a type of power.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
He taught me more than all the others set end to end. If not for him, I would never have become the man I am today. I ask that you not hold it against him. He meant well.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
si vuelves a decirme una frase de siete palabras, me desmayo. (Denna)
~ Patrick Rothfuss
A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lighting´s going to strike".
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Esa era otra lección que había aprendido, quizá demasiado bien: la gente hacía daño.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Amo las palabras por lo que son capaces de conseguir. Del mismo modo, no soy ningún aritmético. Los números que solo hablan de números me interesan muy poco.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
A clever thoughtless person is one of the most terrifying things there is".
~ Patrick Rothfuss
My fear is, what is the larger effect of my book on the world and on the minds of the people who take the time to consume it? Am I contributing in a positive way to the overall kind of collective consciousness of people in the world? I worry about that.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It states that the more similar two objects are, the greater the sympathetic link. The greater the link, the more easily they influence each other.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Nobles' sons are one of nature's great destructive forces, like floods or tornadoes. When you're struck with one of these catastrophes, the only thing an average man can do is grit his teeth and try to minimize the damage.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
We all good word do. We make you do word good too!
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Es como contar un chiste. Cualquiera puede recordar las palabras. Cualquiera puede repetirlo. Pero para hacer reír necesitas algo más. Contar un chiste no lo hace más gracioso. Como ocurre con muchas cosas, es mejor vacilar que precipitarse.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Music carries words over miles and into hearts and memories.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
His voice was deeper than mine, a warm bass with enough of a Modegan accent to lend it a slight musical cant... When he spoke, women at the surrounding tables turned to look in his direction with hungry, half-lidded eyes. His voice had the opposite effect on me. To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable. The sound of it made me feel like a cat grabbed by the tail and rubbed backward with a wet hand.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Les paraules poden calar foc a la ment dels homes. Les paraules poden arrencar llàgrimes als cors més durs. Hi ha set paraules que faran que una persona t'estimi. Hi ha deu paraules que minaran la voluntat d'un home fort.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It felt exactly like someone had hit me in the head with a church. I
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Uma pessoa inteligente e insensata é uma das coisas mais assustadoras que há.
~ Patrick Rothfuss