Quotes About Impact

Ou escreva algo que valha a pena ler, ou faça algo que valha a pena escrever.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

The noblest question in the world is What good may I do in it?

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

Si no quieres perderte en el olvido tan pronto como estés muerto, escribe cosas dignas de leerse, o haz cosas dignas de escribirse.

I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements, makes the execution of that same plan his sole study and business.

We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon and the American struggle in Iraq. These events swung American public opinion in our favor

people who read short stories love endings that make them want to gargle with Drano or nosedive off a skyscraper. But

Violence defines humanity and determines headlines and elections and borders, the whole world boiled down to who hits whom harder.

A violência é o que define a humanidade, é ela que determina manchetes, decide eleições e estabelece fronteiras; o mundo inteiro se reduz à questão de quem bate em quem com mais força.

The good tidings which the historian of the past brings with throbbing heart may be lost in a void the very moment he opens his mouth.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.

Right. So if the eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If the eyes are not shining, you get to ask a question. And this is the question: who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining? We can do that with our children, too. Who am I being, that my children's eyes are not shining? That's a totally different world.

I have a definition of success. For me, it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

What's the worst thing I've stolen? Probably little pieces of other people's lives. Where I've either wasted their time or hurt them in some way. That's the worst thing you can steal, the time of other people. You just can't get that back.

A man is known by his heroes.

Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it.

When I became minister for employment, that was my ideal job because it meant I was able to reflect on what I saw growing up and actually try to change it.

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society.

You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.

Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, if your standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it's gonna reflect on the down-ballot.

Sometimes audiences want to see what we're doing to their world. It's our obligation sometimes to reflect it.