Quotes About Impact

She knew there were words so terrible you heard them with your whole body. Guilty. And there were voices to say them. She knew there were people you might almost trust who would hear them, too, and be amazed, and still not really hear them because they knew they were not the ones the words were spoken to.

It is true for everyone that the experience that society gives to us, or denies us, is profoundly formative.

She knew there were words so terrible you heard them with your whole body. Guilty. And there were voices to say them. She knew there were people you might almost trust who would hear them, too, and be amazed, and still not really hear them because they know they were not the ones the words were spoken to.

Una punta di rabbia di troppo, troppo spesso o al momento sbagliato, può distruggere più di quanto potresti mai immaginare. Soprattutto, bada a quello che dici. Vedete un piccolo fuoco quale grande foresta può incendiare! Anche la lingua è un fuoco: ecco la verità.

How could it be that none of it mattered? It was most of what happened.

we all do live in the ruins of the lives of other generations

it is true that we all do live in the ruins of the lives of other generations, so there is a seeming continuity which is important because it deceives us.

The environment is the agent that does the shaking of the sieve.

You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo

Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.

Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind.

what is written on paper affects history. But not life. Life is a different history.

It was not intelligent to damage the ego of a young boy. You can, with some impunity, insult an older man who has already been humiliated by life itself and will not take to heart the small slights of another human being. But a young man thinks these offences mortal.

he did not have that personal magnetism, that animal force

No tengo gran admiración por los mártires, señor Casement. Ni por los héroes. Esas gentes que se inmolan por la verdad o la justicia a menudo hacen más daño del que quieren remediar

Among the colonizers there would be not only altruists such as Dr. Livingstone but abusive scoundrels as well, but in the final analysis, the benefits would far outweigh the harm. Life in Africa was showing him that things were not as clear as they had been in theory. In

Se, all'improvviso, sentissimo che stiamo per morire e ci domandassimo: quale traccia lasceremo del nostro passaggio per questo canile?, la risposta corretta sarebbe: nessuna, non abbiamo fatto niente se non parlare per conto di altri. Che cosa significherebbe, altrimenti, aver tradotto milioni di parole d cui non ne ricordiamo neppure una, perchè nessuna meritava di essere ricordata?

Cuando la gente de trabajo se abstiene y deja la política a los políticos el país se va al diablo.

Wij dragomans kunnen alleen maar nutteloos zijn, beste jongen,' troostte hij me. 'Maar we doen niemand kwaad met ons werk. In alle andere beroepen kun je de menselijke soort grote schade toebrengen. Denk bijvoorbeeld maar eens aan advocaten en artsen, om van architecten of politici nog maar te zwijgen.

Repartir la pobreza no trae riqueza a nadie y sólo contribuye a universalizar la pobreza.

Esas gentes que se inmolan por la verdad o la justicia a menudo hacen más daño del que quieren remediar.

Un libro se convierte en parte de la vida de una persona por una suma de razones que tienen que ver simultáneamente con el libro y con la persona.

It felt as if we'd been to war together. Deep in a jungle, alone, I had relied on them, these strangers. They'd held me up in ways only people could. When it was over, an ending never felt like an ending, only an exhausted draw, we went our separate ways. Be we were bonded forever by the history of it, the simple fact they'd seen the raw side of me and me of them, a side no one, not even closest friends or family had ever seen before, or probably ever would.

I thus concluded, with the same awe of Jane Goodall discovering the chimpanzees' nimble use of tools to extract termites, it really wasn't so much the tragic event itself, but others having knowledge of it that prevented recovery.