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Quotes About Impact

You're trying to make someone wet their pants and you're trying to make somebody crap in their pants. That's the motivation of a comic. Who else has that power?
~ J. B. Smoove
One man saying that everything is wrong can command coast-to-coast attention in living color, a power not given to an absolute monarch a century ago.
~ Walter Wriston
When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words on television that night when I was 9 years old, I was dumbstruck, awestruck by their power.
~ Michael Eric Dyson
My power is discombobulatingly devastating.
~ Mike Tyson
Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.
~ Craig Reucassel
You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.
~ Erika Slezak
Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power.
~ Horace Mann
What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy.
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
It's absolutely crucial that we come face to face with the power of our choices.
~ Rob Bell
Contrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.
~ John Ruskin
I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
The power of the word is real whether or not you are conscious of it.
~ Sonia Choquette
The actions of those in power can have enormous consequences - a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.
~ Barack Obama
I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop.
~ Talib Kweli
The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
~ William James
The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
~ Wendell Pierce
The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
~ George Davis Herron
True power is the power to empower others.
~ Rhymefest
That audience embrace has unbelievable power.
~ June Havoc
(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.
~ Joseph O'Connor
The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.
~ Josh Brolin
I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to have the power to help get the movies that I think are important made.
~ Maggie Gyllenhaal
There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.
~ Brennan Manning
Chloe turned to Vetch. The poet said gently, "You see, you do have power. Words give you power, to create or destroy." His eyes flickered to Clare. "Even to forgive.
~ Catherine Fisher