“Most startup companies have two people, and they figure out creative ways to swarm problems. They move faster and have more impact.” PeopleWayTwoProblemMovingCompanyCreativeFiguresImpactFasterSwarms Author:Scott D. Anthony
“I read a book in the late 1990s called The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, by Erich Fromm, and it had a profound impact on me. Fromm takes Descartes' statement, "I think, therefore I am" and changes it to "I effect, therefore I am."” ThinkingHumansBookEffectsLateImpactProfoundStatementsAnatomyDestructivenessFromm Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Every time you take a step and walk with your fear, you'll never know the impact. But you can be certain somebody's watching, and that courage is contagious.” KnowsCertainWalksStepsImpactContagious Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“The teachers who have had the most impact on me and on most learners I know are teachers whose "selfhoods" have been deeply invested in what they are doing.” KnowsHas BeensTeacherImpactLearners Author:Parker J. Palmer
“Embracing uniqueness and showcasing the beauty of our differences is what I am all about so the fact that my words and image can impact positive change is a perk of this job I never expected I would have.” FactsJobsDifferencesImpactExpectedUniquenessPositive ChangePerks Author:Ashley Graham
“The skill-providers want to have more impact and solve problems; the problem people want new tools to get their problems solved.” PeopleWantProblemSkillsToolsImpactSolveProviders Author:Edward Boyden
“Not only do you need great lyrics, a great message, a great story, great vocals, great chords... you also need great instrumentation, great editing, great sonics, great mixing, and great mastering. It all comes together to make something truly great, and I think each element combines together to create a powerful impact on the consumer.” ThinkingNeedsStoriesTogetherPowerfulElementsMessagesImpactConsumersEditingChordsVocalMixingInstrumentationGreat Lyric Author:Joey Sturgis
“And not go to things that sound good that really did not have the kind of impact that we would want. Who disagrees with keeping neighborhoods safe?” WantKindSoundSafeImpactNeighborhoodDisagree Author:Hillary Clinton
“We're looking at catastrophic impacts in our lifetime, not only that every month now we're setting a new World Almanac record.” WorldRecordsMonthsImpactLifetimeSettingSettingsNew World Author:Jill Stein
“The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.” TermCareersStageImpactRetirementInventingArcsEliminatingBoomersStages Of LifeNew Career Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“I think we impress people by our success, but I think we impact them by our failures.” PeopleThinkingImpactImpress Author:John C. Maxwell
“You go to towns in Massachusetts, Greenfield, first settled in 1686. Wouldn’t it be cool if it said, “Greenfield. First settled c. 13,000 B.P. or approximately 13,000 Before the Present. Resettled.” Maybe we could say even, “Resettled by whites,” Or, “Resettled anyway, 1686.” It would have a different impact. And of course it would help explain why the town is called Greenfield, because it was a green field and the fields were left by Native people who had already been farming them.” PeopleIfsFirstsSaidDifferentHelpingCoursesLeftFieldsTownsGreenImpactNativeFarmingBeing CoolMassachusettsGreen Fields Author:James W. Loewen
“In the short run and for decisions unlikely to have broad impact, it may be more cost effective to use just one expert.” MayUseRunningDecisionCostImpactExpertsJust OneBroadsUnlikely Author:Robert J. Shiller
“My mom and dad have had a huge impact on my life, so I look up to them. As a actor, I would say Hugh Jackman.” LooksActorsHugeMomDadImpactMy MomLook UpMom And Dad Author:Jacob Hopkins
“When you actually see it, it is quite strong, but there's nothing really pornographic about it. They are high-impact yet very short moments of sexuality, which makes it very confusing for the censors. If censors were merely human beings who watch a film ["Aquarius"] and come out with a conclusion about what they saw, then there wouldn't be a problem.” IfsHumansMomentsProblemFilmStrongHuman BeingsWatchesSawsImpactSexualityConclusionConfusingAquarius Author:Sonia Braga
“[Bob Dylan] is principally a recording artist, and if he weren't, it is unthinkable he would have had such an impact. He is to be heard first and read second. Well, what about plays, you could reasonably ask. Is [William] Shakespeare not great literature? Yes, obviously: but his work is great literature even to those who have never known it performed. The same is evidently not true of Dylan.” IfsFirstsWellsPlayArtistAsksLiteratureKnownHeardImpactBobDylanUnthinkableGreat Literature Author:David Bennun
“In a sense the Pirate Party is very similar to what happened for the Bernie Sanders campaign, where people felt inspired and they felt like they were having an impact, a big grass-roots-inspired movement, in particular with young people.” PeopleBigsYoungFeltPartyHappenedMovementParticularRootsImpactInspiredCampaignsGrassPirate Author:Birgitta Jonsdottir
“The gospel moves us to see others as people created in God's image and that can have a profound impact on people's productivity and work satisfaction.” PeopleMovingImpactProfoundSatisfactionProductivity Author:David Kim
“The gospel impacts the way we do our work in ways that hopefully brings a greater flourishing to our world.” WorldWayGreaterImpactHopefullyOur WorldFlourishing Author:David Kim
“Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence.” PoliticalInfluenceEconomicImpactStructureBillionsSweeping Author:David Kim
“When we think about our work it deals with our motivations, our desires, our sense of security, purpose, and status. Our work deals with a whole host of relationships. Work impacts the flourishing of individuals, communities, and nations.” ThinkingWholeDesirePurposeMotivationIndividualNationsCommunityDealsSecurityImpactWorking ItHostFlourishing Author:David Kim
“So much is wrapped up in our work and each book of the Bible points to Christ and the good news of what he's done that impacts the whole of our lives and the whole of our world. When our eyes are opened to see how each book of the Bible points us to the gospel, the relevance to our work and the need for this good news to enter into our work becomes increasingly evident.” WorldNeedsBookDoneWholeEyeChristOur LivesNewsImpactOur WorldEvidentGood NewsRelevance Author:David Kim
“The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately institute, in advance of the happening of various contingencies and emergencies of life, devices for detecting their approach and registering their nature, for warding off what is unfavorable or at least for protecting ourselves from its full impact.” CultureApproachHappeningsEssenceImpactVariousDevicesCivilizedEmergenciesInstituteContingencyProtecting Ourselves Author:Dale Jamieson
“Climate change involves behaviors that are individually negligible, whose impacts go far beyond the spatial and temporal constraints that define our sense of community.” CommunityBehaviorImpactClimateClimate ChangeConstraintsSpatial Author:Dale Jamieson
“The United States has been an immigrant country. The Hispanics who come here are largely from Mexico and South America. They are Catholics, but that is an American religion. One-third of our population is Catholic so that does not have the same impact as Muslims coming into Europe.” DoeHas BeensCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesEuropeThirdsCatholicImpactSouthPopulationImmigrantsMexicoSouth America Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“In a day and age of global competition and instantaneous financial flows, you have to be highly sensitive to the way in which tax policy impacts your overall competitiveness as a country.” WayCountryAgePolicyTaxesFlowImpactCompetitionFinancialSensitiveCompetitivenessInstantaneous Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.
“In White Boy Shuffle, I combined my seventh-grade teacher, Mr. Takemoto, who really saved me - I don't think I've ever told anyone this - and my first basketball coach, Mr. Shimizu, into one character. Something about the way they talked about things, and their attitudes, had a huge impact on me. Not that I necessarily agreed with them. It was important to me to just put them there to stay grounded.” ThinkingWayFirstsImportantCharacterWhiteAttitudeBoysTeacherHugeBasketballImpactCoachesSavedGradesGroundedBasketball CoachShuffleSeventh Grade Author:Paul Beatty
“I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.” CountryPoliticalFightingImpactClimateChessBoardsFighting On Author:Garry Kasparov
“If anything I think postmodernism has the least impact on my work.” IfsThinkingImpactPostmodernism Author:Bell Hooks
“I think the critical point, really, is that we need to focus black economic empowerment more on the creation of new wealth rather than on these big deals that have been characteristic of this process in the past, of people going to banks, borrowing a lot of money, buying this and when the shares don't perform very well, the shares go back to the banks, because there's other people who own this anyway. I think we need to re-focus it so that it really does impact on growth, new investment, new employment and a general, better spread of wealth in South Africa.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsDoeHas BeensBigsPastProcessBlackGrowthWealthDealsFocusShareEconomicCreationEmpowermentImpactInvestmentSouthSpreadCriticalEmploymentCharacteristicsBuyingLots Of MoneySouth AfricaBig DealBorrowingEconomic Empowerment Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I'm not surfing every day, so I'm not in that good of a shape, and when I paddle, I might get caught in the impact zone and get my world rocked pretty good.” WorldMightShapesImpactCaughtZoneSurfing Author:Robert Englund
“You need a human story to intersect those points of interest with real stakes on the line, and then things start to be fun, where you can see the ramifications, you see the impact on people's lives of big changes - like taking a man of science, like a surgeon, and robbing him of his understanding of the universe and forcing him into a newer and wider understanding.” PeopleMenNeedsHumansRealStoriesBigsUniverseFunUnderstandingInterestLinesImpactStakesSurgeonsRobbingBig ChangesRamifications Author:Jon Spaihts
“I imagine there's an undercurrent of the impact of early religious teachings and my break from what I was taught and expected to perform if I wanted to be considered normal in my family of origin.” IfsWantedReligiousBreakImagineTeachingTaughtNormalMy FamilyImpactExpected Author:Wendy C. Ortiz
“Viewing that complex relationship one-sidedly from the aspect of manufacturing and the impact of Chinese imports on the United States makes sense from the point of view of the Rust Belt of the United States. It may even make sense as a political strategy for a candidate running for office.” MayStatesRunningPoliticalUnitedViewsUnited StatesOfficeAspectImpactStrategyComplexesPoint Of ViewChineseMake SenseCandidatesBeltsManufacturingRustImportsRunning For OfficeComplex Relationships Author:Judy Woodruff
“It's amazing to impact people's lives - it's a cool thing to have the spotlight and be able to reassure people, to say, "It's OK to be you."” PeopleAbleImpactBe YouSpotlightCool Things Author:Kelly Clarkson
“I began to see, again and again, stories that were first confusing and second where the emotional impact was muted because the big scene came before the explanation of what was going on. There was a reverse chronological order as well as a concealment of what exactly was going on. I think often that comes out of the fear of being boring, and sometimes I think it's just an attempt to seem clever.” ThinkingFirstsWellsSometimesStoriesBigsSeemsOrderEmotionalSceneImpactBoringCleverExplanationAgain And AgainReverseConfusingConcealment Author:Alice Mattison
“I understood my personal responsibility in putting Christ on the cross and the implications of how the Gospel impacts every area of life. It informs my identity as a human, as an artist, and as a citizen of this country.” HumansCountryArtistChristResponsibilityIdentityCitizensUnderstoodAreasCrossesImpactImplicationsPersonal ResponsibilityChrist On The Cross Author:Sho Baraka
“Every decision that Donald Trump makes is going to impact his bottom line of some business that he owns all over the world. So it remains a huge issue.” WorldLinesDecisionIssuesHugeTrumpRemainsImpactBottomBottom Line Author:Bernie Sanders
“We can both prevent asteroid impacts and address climate change. It's not either-or.” ImpactClimateClimate ChangeAddressesAsteroidsEither Or Author:Rusty Schweickart
“While we didn't know the dinosaurs personally, we do know that they were wiped out by an asteroid impact.” KnowsImpactDinosaursAsteroids Author:Rusty Schweickart
“My understanding of busy has certainly changed! My daughters have had an incredible impact on my life and the way I live it. They are a part of every decision I make. They motivate me to be the best me.” WayUnderstandingDecisionChangedDaughterImpactIncrediblesBusyBeing The BestMy Daughter Author:Adriana Lima
“Honestly I think it was gradual from the first time I came. It's been a gradual thing as far as audience and response wise. I feel like I was conditioned for this type of impact.” ThinkingFeelsFirstsAudienceWiseTypeFirst TimeImpactResponseHonestly Author:Ab-Soul
“I also got encouragement from my teachers at primary school but one person in particular who had a significant impact on my lean towards art is Mr. Luigi St. Omer. Mr. St. Omer was the one who always reminded me that I should not settle for less than greatness in my art. He saw that I had the potential and he helped me develop that talent.” ShouldPersonsArtSchoolSawsTeacherTalentGreatnessParticularArt IsEncouragementImpactSignificantPrimariesSettlingPrimary School Author:St. Lucia
“For Vladimir Putin to be trying to impact our elections, that - we have to - there has to be - he has to be held accountable.” TryingElectionImpactPutin Author:Claire McCaskill
“[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on states that were decided by a knife-edge.” ThinkingSaidCountryStatesFactsStoriesTrumpNewsDecidedImpactEdgesScaryBarackCandidatesKnivesPutinClosenessWikileaksScary Things Author:E. J. Dionne
“It's strictly business. If I loan you $25 million, I want my money back. I don't want to hear about the social impact. That's great for you, but now I'm $25 million in the hole, so next time you come to ask me.” IfsWantNextAsksSocialMillionsImpactHolesAsk MeNext TimeLoanSocial Impact Author:Denzel Washington
“The importance of Plotinus is not only his own philosophical ideas which are quite interesting, but his historical impact as the founder of neo-Platonism which is the main philosophical tradition of late antiquity.” IdeasInterestingLateTraditionImportancePhilosophicalImpactHistoricalFoundersAntiquity Author:Peter Adamson
“I know the team, as a whole, has had an impact on the youth of the church, and on the missionary efforts throughout the world.” KnowsWorldWholeChurchEffortTeamYouthImpactMissionary Author:LaVell Edwards
“The impact of racism has changed our look at ourselves because basically racism was meant to make us look unfaithfully at ourselves, and to not treasure our institutions.” LooksChangedRacismInstitutionsImpactTreasure Author:John Henrik Clarke