Quotes About Impact

You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.

You can be like a thermometer, just reflecting the world around you. Or you can be a thermostat, one of those people who sets the temperature.

We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world.

In my Ph.D. thesis, written in 1989, I discussed the fact that when a civilization develops the technology to prevent catastrophic asteroid impacts, it marks a significant moment in the evolution of the planet.

We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world. But there are specific areas that we get excited about - areas like hard tech, deep tech, companies that deal with really difficult technology, etc.

A person can destroy me with two words. It can just be the way they say them, the inflection.

I can see that I give my audience something. I can see it in their eyes, and they say 'Thank you' a lot. You realize you are doing something that means something to people.

When people meet me, I hope that they say this: 'This is a guy who, number one, loves the Lord, but he also loves people, and he wants to make a difference in people's life. And he wants to help everyone he comes in contact with, and he is genuine, he is real, and he cares about people.'

I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'

They say 15 million people are watching the show, but what does that mean, you know? It's not until I'm accosted on the street that I understand!

And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today.

It's nice when they say I inspire them, it inspires me.

We're surrounded by violence, and we see so much of it on TV, especially the news programs. We almost become numb. And that forces filmmakers to try to outdo themselves... They say, 'Look what I can do,' and it becomes like a showoff thing. To me, that's ridiculous. Filmmaking isn't a contest!

Sometimes I think people live in a parallel universe when they say all we need are a few more regulations.

They say it can all change with one song, and in my case, that rings very true, I was shocked that it happened this quickly.

One night I will never ever forget is when I was in the thick of a protest. There were nearly one million people outside Parliament. I've never seen anything like it in my life.

Vittorio De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' changed my very idea of cinema.

If you want great legs, you need to train them all around, not just the front of the thighs. Use multiple joints whenever possible. And running stairs is one of the best things you can possibly do. It has little to no impact on your joints, and you're working your glutes, hamstrings, and quads all at the same time.

The key is to hit the ball first, then the sand. Even if you catch it a bit thin, you'll still get plenty of run. Hitting it fat is what you want to avoid.

If you aim to be controversial for the sake of it you'd end up with a very thin and meaningless show.

Nothing is more rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.

I understand that show business people can wear the public a bit thin when it comes to politics. I know they wear me thin.

I don't want to spread myself so thin that I achieve nothing.

Liberalism is a cancer; it's a forest fire; it destroys every single thing it touches.