Quotes About Impact

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.

Without passion there might be no errors, but without passion there would certainly be no history.

Making a history was not what I wanted to do. I wanted to construct something more powerful than that.

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.

The trouble with history is that there are too many people involved

Presidents make history but are also a product of it. And there are two kinds: transforming and transactional. Reagan was a transforming president. He made history.

To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.

We are not just studying human history, we are shaping it.

Maxwell's Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.

The fact that there was no catastrophic pandemic in recent history does not mean there won't be another one. And we are certainly not prepared for the next pandemic.

I'm not here to make money, I'm here to make history.

Today's population of adolescents and young adults is the largest in our nation's history.

Ever since I was a kid I've always loved history. I think that kind of catapulted things, but I would say the two major factors were maybe 9/11 and the election of Barack Obama.

Karachi has had an overdose of history, too much has happened.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.

Microsoft, by some accounts, the second most capitalized company on the planet, is the only corporate colossus in history whose entire product line could be eliminated with a giant magnet.

Jason Witten will go down as one of the best tight ends in history.

I feel so blessed to have had the chance to do this job [ U.S. Solicitor General] in this moment in our history. It's been an incredible thing.

I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection.

I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.