Quotes About Impact

The most precious gift that marriage gave me was the constant impact of something very close and intimate, yet all the time unmistakably other, resistant - in a word, real.

I'd much rather go out having America shocked than having America go, 'Eh, it was his time.'

From the time that 'Nevermind' came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years.

Every time I visit Iraq or Afghanistan I am blown away.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time.

Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.

There are some actors that are so gifted, that move you in such a way that every time you see their names again, you go and pay another ticket because you want to have that experience again.

Every time you walk a mile to church and carry a Bible with you, you preach a sermon a mile long.

At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.

Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least a factor of four; probably it is worse.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

We're all put on Earth for a limited amount of time. Am I using in a way that is great, or good enough, or wasteful?

Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.

I also believe on a practical level, if you're taking time away from people, besides entertaining them, I think it's important that there's something to react to.

The more we get out of the world the less we leave, and in the long run we shall have to pay our debts at a time that may be very inconvenient for our own survival.

In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.

I think that teachers have the hardest job in the world, and they are the most unsung heroes so much of the time.

We commonly see problems in adults that had been present since childhood but which take a toll on the heart over time.

It's time that we move from good words to good works, from sound bites to sound solutions.

Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

I wanna be a part of the generation that throws out money, throws out time, throws out all that we are against something bigger than ourselves.

An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any force.

No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.