Jeffrey Skoll Quotes

I really believe in sharing my story to improve social behaviors in the nation.

We accept the world in order to change it. If you do not accept, then what are you going to change?

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

In college, I was always disappointed by lectures that covered social problems but failed to identify what I could do to change them. Part of the problem was that many professors simply didn't believe they had a role in converting awareness to action.

There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact.

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

The great work which is to be done is to change public opinion.

I believe everybody can make a change in the world.

It takes time for people to understand how, as an individual, I can have an impact on the way that society works.

I do not think wrestling is going to save the world.

Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

That's what it's about, how society changes people but people can also change society. It only takes a few people to do things and help themselves instead of sitting around on their asses. She has a very global outlook on life and all sorts of things.

Now, I don't know whether a film can change the world, but I know that it starts - I know the power of it - I know that it starts people thinking about how to change the world.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

I think that people who make films and think they're changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal, there are far better ways to do it. I'm making politically observant films for audiences.

All of us have to work toward a definite future... that can motivate and inspire people to change the world.

To really change the way society thinks, you have to give your entire being to it until there's nothing left.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

The only projects that excite me have to be tied to some aspect of social change. No matter how beautiful, a coffee book doesn't exactly move you to change the way you cook or eat.

I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

When I started acting, I thought everything should be issue-based and that there should be a helpline at the end of every program.

I don't enjoy doing the daily stuff... but I would love to do something like the series that I did on 'Change India.' That was not just news. The programme was based in public policy, so that kind of influences change.