Quotes About Impact

Better? I say, in a small voice. How can he think this is better? Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.

The floods, the fires, the tornadoes, the hurricanes, the droughts, the water shortages, the earthquakes. [...] Why did I think it would nonetheless be business as usual? Because we'd been hearing these things for so long, I suppose. You don't believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you

The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us.

Never underestimate the value of superior hair as a literary influence.

Every war is the war for whoever's lived through it.

he was like smog: there were always some of his molecules in the air.

The bathrobe was magenta, a colour that still makes him anxious whenever he sees it.

After we're gone the work of our knives will survive us.

They should all be cheered by it, for isn't it what they want? What we all want: to leave a message behind us that has an effect, if only a dire one: a message that cannot be cancelled out.

Their mother died early, and not in a good way. Not that anyone dies in a good way, Tin footnotes to himself, but there are degrees. Being hit by a truck after closing time while jaywalking blinded with mournful tears was not a good way. Though it was quick.

Which of us is it worse for, her or me?

Canlit might not exert the fascination of - say - a venereal wart.

History isn't dry, it's sticky, it can get all over your hands.

Gök gürültüsü iyidir, etkileyicidir ama as?l iÅŸ gören ÅŸimÅŸektir Mark Twain

There was the loud thump as the truck clipped the rear of the Jeep and sent it fishtailing over the dusty ground

One always imagines that the days that change one's life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning, darkness at noon, and so on. In truth they are indistinguishable from any other, which is one reason we feel mocked, as if the world is telling us we are inconsequential.

A man's worth is measured by his importance to society and to humanity generally

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For indeed that's all who ever have.

I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings.

Scarlett, I'm a bad influence on you and if you have any sense you will send me packing - if you can. I'm very hard to get rid of. But I'm bad for you.

For all his exasperating qualities, she grew to look forward to his calls. There was something exciting about him that she could not analyze, something different from any man she had ever known. There was something breathtaking in the grace of his big body which made his very entrance into a room like an abrupt physical impact, something in the impertinence and bland mockery of his dark eyes that challenged her spirit to subdue him.

Clear content, simple navigation and answers to customer questions have the biggest impact on business value. Advanced technology matters much less.

If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects?