Quotes About Impact

There's nothing worse than going out without contributing.

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it.

The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.

When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something. I think that's worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.

Sometimes inaction is worse than action.

Virtually nothing Barack Obama has done has left America or the world better since he became president. Nearly everything he has touched has been made worse.

Some studies have shown that natural gas could, in fact, be worse for the climate than coal.

Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization of the resources of the Planet Earth.

It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff.

Certainly there are worse sins than doing everything possible to make your presidency matter.

Mitt Romney would move the Court even further right, putting landmark decisions like Roe v. Wade at risk. Some say Romney would repeat the past. I disagree - he'd be worse.

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.

I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable.

As a worship leader, I feel this sort of responsibility to help add to the soundtrack of people's day.

I didn't really get into the sport for fame. I didn't get into it to be this infamous guy that everybody worships. I got into this sport to make a difference.

Every time you say 'I don't want to hear it' when someone is going to tell an ethnic joke, or every time you help somebody cross the street or put money in the bucket in your place of worship, you're making a difference.

While it may be true that the best advertising is word-of-mouth, never lose sight of the fact it also can be the worst advertising.

We've known for years that to avoid the worst impacts of climate change we must work to end our reliance on fossil fuels sooner rather than later.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Worst case scenario, nothing I do has any value or purpose, but if I can make someone laugh, I'm at least as useful as a piece of quiche would be.

It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.