Event Impact Quotes

On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to fancy that he has lived long; and the history that most abounds in important incidents, soonest assumes the aspect of antiquity.

Facts and events … have been too strong for the Government.

This movie [Don Jon] played at Sundance and South by Southwest and Berlin. And it just played - well...by the time it played at Toronto recently, it was already done. But getting to watch it with a thousand people is hugely informative.

On the human imagination events produce the effects of time.

9/11 was a hugely overblown event that only assumed its overarching importance a) because it was done to the United States and b) because of the way the U.S. reacted.

If you ask me, everything... every event that takes place changes your life.

What did Sept. 11 do? It took me from 60-70 percent name recognition as mayor of New York to about 90 percent. Of course it had an impact. But it's not the only reason I was successful.

Despite streaming, despite the rise of tablets and smartphones - all the implications which in theory would make linear TV less important - live sporting events are extremely powerful. But it's not the event alone - it's also what's surrounding it.

The character has to have some kind of arch. The character has to go through an event, and be changed by the human event.

A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history.

You have to give them something where they walk away and say, 'I want more of that.' To create something like that, you have to take them on a journey. So the live show is very important to us; we've been working on that a lot.

Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.

Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.

National events determine our ideals, as much as our ideals determine national events.

World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's going to go?

… the history that most abounds in important incidents soonest assumes the aspect of antiquity.

Social science virtually abhors the event. Not without reason; the short-term is the most capricious and deceptive form of time.

So I, for one, didn't feel alienated by what happened in 77.

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. Mankind are governed more by their feeling than by reason. Events which excite those feelings will produce wonderful effects.

What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.

I think ECW itself was a gimmick. I think getting the audience to chant ECW was really something. I don't care if you draw 70,000 people in a dome for Wrestlemania - nobody chants WWE.

I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.

Every Olympics, they make a big deal out of something - security... traffic... pollution... something - and it really doesn't come true. For me, there's never been a problem.

The days, months, and years eventually reveal, like a Polaroid, a clear picture of how significant events and decisions ultimately shape our lives.

When Sundance happened, it felt insane and not like reality at all.