Quotes about Impact
Is it clear why I have said that the American white man's malignant superiority complex has done him more harm than an invading army?
— Malcolm X
I could tell the impact of this upon them. They had been aware that the plight of the black man in America was bad, but they had not been aware that it was inhuman, that it was psychological castration.
— Malcolm X
People out for posthumous fame forget that the Generations To Come will be the same annoying people they know now.
— Marcus Aurelius
In this infinity then what is the difference between him who lives three days and him who lives three generations? Always
— Marcus Aurelius
When they're gone out of his head, these words, they'll be gone, everywhere, forever. As if they had never been.
— Margaret Atwood
Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know who your readers might be.
— Margaret Atwood
Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.
— Margaret Atwood
Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.
— Margaret Atwood
But maybe he was destructive by nature since he messed up every girl he touched.
— Margaret Atwood
The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us.
— Margaret Atwood
The bathrobe was magenta, a colour that still makes him anxious whenever he sees it.
— Margaret Atwood
she was beginning to emerge from the initial sex-induced coma created by him through
— Margaret Atwood