institutional impact Quotes

Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it.

The University of Maryland was an inspiration for me, and the relationships I made there have lasted a lifetime.

Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions.

For most Americans, work is central to their experience of the world, and the corporation is one of the fundamental institutions of American life, with an enormous impact, for good and ill, on how we live, think, and feel.

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate.

That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has infected a very large number of major institutions in many countries of the world. So I suppose that we shouldn't be too surprised that it should infect the church as well.

Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also infrastructure, institutions, and budgets - an unholy brew which can create dangerous security vacuums.

The majority of the Big Ten towns are college towns. The colleges are kind of what run the towns.

I thought art was a sort of romantic life, or I don't know what I thought art was like. But I learned practically everything I know from Ohio State. And I'm really glad I went.

What is the soul, the informing spirit of our institutions, of our entire system of government but public opinion. Let us direct the force, the vast moral force of this engine, to the aid of others.

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

while the modern historical school of economists appear to be only exploring the monuments of the past, they are really shaking the foundations of many of our institutions in the present.

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives.

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

Nothing would prove more disastrous to our ideas, we contended, than to neglect the effect of the internal upon the external, of the psychological motives and needs upon existing institutions.

We may not always recognize it, but government plays a bigger role in our lives than any other single person or institution. We spend nearly half of our lives working to pay for it. Children spend more time in government schools than they do with their parents. Birth, death, marriage, every area of our lives feels the influence of government.

Foreign aid, especially when there is a lot of it, affects how institutions function and how they change.

I used to carry a briefcase instead of a school bag when going to school because I was shy and introverted then. But over the years, especially Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) helped me overcome these insecurities and scale greater heights.

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

I don't know if ISU helped me become what I am, but I know that if I hadn't gone there, I wouldn't be what I am today.

I would say that what we called the Pixar sensibility goes back even further. It is kind of a CalArts sensibility because so many of the people who are creative instrumental people at Pixar came from that school.

Schools like Doon or Lawrence in Sanawar didn't decide to create leaders when they started. Look at their alumni list today, and you have a former prime minister, Olympic gold medallist, army generals, cabinet ministers, and leaders in different spheres. Some kind of training started at the school level itself that helped create leaders.

I mean, my training at Oberlin has been absolutely valuable.

People rise and fall on the basis of the makings of institutions.

Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity.