Impact Quotes - page 23

When I was 14, my dad came home one day and told us he had cancer. It was looking pretty bad. And I remember him saying how afraid he was that he hadn't gotten to do the things he wanted to do during his life. He had surgery and survived. And he's still alive today, thank God. But it made a big impact on me. (Jeffrey Skoll)
When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was. View quote
Jennifer Granholm
Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line. View quote
Jerry Greenfield
I'm somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a roof over my head, all those types of things. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and emotionally. View quote
Jewel
The airplane has had a big impact on my life. View quote
Jim Courier
As horrific as this impact has been on my constituents, it is only a small part of the overwhelming destruction covering 90,000 square miles of the Gulf Coast. View quote
Jo Bonner
As more information becomes available, and the magnitude of the storm's impact becomes even more apparent, it becomes clear that this recovery will be lengthy. View quote
Jo Bonner
I can't imagine being a single parent or a single parent that doesn't have a lot of money. That's a big, huge impact on your life and your dynamic and everything - I mean, that's huge. It affects how much you have a break from just concentrating on just one other person in your life. It becomes so myopic that way, and more intense, probably. View quote
Joan Cusack
I felt they had really moved the characters in a direction that was very interesting. The family had really felt the impact of what had happened to the. View quote
JoBeth Williams
If a nation's security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble. Hawaii may be our weakest link and could have a serious impact on our nation's immigration policy. View quote
Joe Arpaio
As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district. (Joe Baca)
The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come. View quote
Joe Manchin
People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms. View quote
John Holdren
I think the way to think about the impact of Hiroshima is to think about it as a sudden shift in the balance of power. View quote
John Lewis Gaddis
You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact. View quote
John McKinley
And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness. View quote
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Pretty soon we'll have robots in our society, you're going to have a lot of automated processes that used to be done by people - this is happening. Society and technology is changing so fast, and the impact of the change on society and technology is global, not local. View quote
Jose Padilha
I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I believe that clothes should make a woman feel beautiful. But sometimes it's the little things like cut and fit and sex appeal that make a large impact. View quote
Joseph Altuzarra
The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think. View quote
Josh Brolin
Television has been very good to me. I grew up on it, and it had quite an impact on me. I'm entertaining opportunities that are coming my way. View quote
Judy Reyes
Each of my novels features a protagonist undertaking a difficult personal journey. On the way, each of these characters - mostly female - discovers something about herself and at the same time makes an impact on other people's lives. (Juliet Marillier)
I joined the Aspen Institute, which is a terrific nonpartisan center. They have a wonderful effort that focuses on the impact of communications technology on society and our economy. View quote
Julius Genachowski
Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact? If you don't have a great idea of your own, there are plenty of great teams that need you - unknown startups and established teams in giant companies alike. View quote
Justin Rosenstein
New York is a great place to be if you want to make an impact and be involved in charities or philanthropic organizations like my wife and I are. View quote
Justin Tuck
Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people. View quote
Karyn Parsons