“As regards my means of expression, I try my hardest to achieve the maximum of clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness; a physical sensation to begin with, followed up by an impact on the psyche.” TryingMeanAchieveExpressionRegardImpactHardestClaritySensationsPlasticMaximumAggressiveness Author:Joan Miro
“If you want to be happy, then it is within your grasp. The book you are holding can have a profound impact on your thinking and your attitude and can help you to do more, be more, and achieve more!” IfsThinkingWantBookHelpingAttitudeAchieveImpactProfoundWant To Be Happy Author:Willie Jolley
“...Simplifications have had a much greater long-range scientific impact than individual feats of ingenuity. The opportunity for simplification is very encouraging, because in all examples that come to mind the simple and elegant systems tend to be easier and faster to design and get right, more efficient in execution, and much more reliable than the more contrived contraptions that have to be debugged into some degree of acceptability....Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.” MindLongHardOpportunityIndividualSimpleGreaterAchieveExampleDesignHard WorkDisciplineEasierDegreesImpactSimplicityFasterRangeEfficientExecutionElegantAppreciatedEleganceIngenuityFeatsSimplificationSimplicity And Elegance Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“For, after all, in science one achieves the greatest impact (and often the greatest headlines) not by going along with the herd, but by bucking against it.” AchieveImpactHerdsHeadlines Book:A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing Source: A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing
“We want to encourage investors to target businesses that focus on achieving more than just profits - by placing their money into businesses that also positively contribute to social or environmental benefits in Ontario. Angel investors can help social enterprises grow and succeed, and through our partnership with the Network of Angel Organizations and the Impact Angel Alliance, we are making it easier for social ventures and angel investors to connect, contribute, and make our society a better place to live.” WantHelpingSocialGrowsFocusAchieveEasierSucceedBenefitsAngelOrganizationImpactEnvironmentalProfitEnterpriseOur SocietyTargetInvestorsPartnershipVentureBetter PlacePositivelyAlliancesPlaces To LiveOntario Author:Brad Duguid
“By focusing on teaching businesses about the ROI they can achieve by preserving and investing in nature, you're expanding the scope of the impact you can have.” TeachingAchieveImpactInvestingExpandingScopeRoi Author:Ramez Naam
“I was much more of a naïve techno-optimist than I am now. I still believe that technology can help us come out of this situation with a richer humanity with less impact on the planet, but now I think it has to be paired with effective policy in order to achieve that.” ThinkingBelieveStillsHelpingHumanityOrderSituationTechnologyAchievePolicyPlanetsImpactOptimistI Still BelieveTechno Author:Ramez Naam
“The state says: "Well, in order for it to be legitimate civil disobedience, you have to follow these rules." They put us in "free-speech zones"; they say you can only do it at this time, and in this way, and you can't interrupt the functioning of the government. They limit the impact that civil disobedience can achieve. We have to remember that civil disobedience must be disobedience if it's to be effective.” IfsWayWellsStatesGovernmentRememberOrderAchieveLimitsSpeechImpactZoneFree SpeechDisobedienceCivil Disobedience Author:Edward Snowden
“When I think about work-life balance, I don't imagine it as a perfect day where I got to spend the exact right amount of time having an impact at work and snuggling with my kids at home. I never achieve that. But over the course of a month, or a quarter, or a year, I try to make time for the people and experiences I value.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsHomeKidsValuesCoursesPerfectImagineAchieveMonthsAmountBalanceImpactQuartersWork Life BalanceMaking TimeLife BalancePerfect DaysSnuggling Author:Jane Park
“Iceland's Women's Day Off in 1975 saw 90% of Icelandic women take time off from their paid and unpaid work, an experience that not only showed women how much they contribute but turned Icelandic men into supporters of gender equality. I aim to achieve the same impact in the UK.” MenSawsAchievePaidAimImpactGenderTake TimeSupporterGender EqualityTime OffDays OffIceland Author:Catherine Mayer
“Companies are actually much better than governments and other bureaucracies at organizing in a holistically efficient way the extremely complex path from the examination of molecules all the way to the delivery of medicines to patients. Already in the conception and selection of research projects, companies would anticipate all the challenges down the line that they will need to overcome in order to achieve actual health impact. Bureaucratic organizations, by contrast, are notoriously bad at this sort of optimizing.” WayNeedsGovernmentOrderChallengesLinesCompanyPathAchieveProjectsResearchOrganizationOvercomingImpactMedicineComplexesPatientConceptionEfficientContrastBureaucracySelectionExaminationAnticipateDeliveryMolecules Author:Thomas Pogge
“Competing companies evolve toward efficiency as the more efficient ones profit and expand while those who fall behind fail. And companies being efficient and profiting under the Health Impact Fund, this is exactly what we want, because the company's profit is directly driven by the health impact its registered products achieve.” WantFallBehindsCompanyFailingAchieveProductsImpactProfitDrivenEvolveFundEfficientEfficiencyCompeting Author:Thomas Pogge
“When you grow up, as I have, in the shadow of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and others, success is defined as the total global transformation of a market. To achieve that, you need low prices and an attractive offering. It's about trying to make a positive impact on a big scale.” NeedsTryingBigsJobsGrowsGrowing UpAchieveLowsShadowTransformationImpactBillsScalesDefinedAttractiveGatesOfferingPositive Impact Author:Reed Hastings