Quotes About Impact

There are very few people who have had as much public impact as I've already had... without being elected to public office in Massachusetts.

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do.

The whole purpose of me seeking public office is to make the world a better place. When I put my name on the ballot, I obviously think that I'm the best candidate to do that.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Business leaders shape public opinion.

Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

Broken families not only affect the people involved, but they have an impact on public policy decisions in Washington, D.C., and state capitols around the nation.

We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students.

I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.

I've always believed that what's best for our kids is what's best for our state. That's why I've dedicated my life to public service, working as an educator, a school administrator, a state superintendent, and now as a candidate for governor.

What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same way, you don't feel you can have an impact.

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

What's happened to broadcasting is that broadcasting really used to be... it used to have a very clear public service quotient. And it's more or less now. And it's been lost.

I'm not in public service, nor do I ever plan to be, but I give back in my own way.

There are a lot of public figures who, before they take a stand on a issue, they talk about it with their publicist and they figure out how it's going to affect record sales. Life is really too short to worry about that sort of thing.

The words we use have weight. Whether it's in a conversation with a friend or something said publicly on stage or broadcast. And as performers, we know that because that's why we choose the words we use - that's the whole point of comedy.

I haven't done things publicly to hurt conservatives.

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.

Often it's the case that we have to do a lot of exploration and marketing of the material we publish ourselves to get a big political impact for it.

I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assignment back, she'd written: 'This is so good, Andrew. This should be published!' That made a big impression on me.