John Travolta

I'm from a working-class family. We didn't have a lot, but we had the arts. You're talking to a guy who is making a living at doing what he loves doing - acting, singing and dancing. So any career ups and downs were not that significant to me; the only things that really powerfully impinged on me were my losses, and there were many in my life.

American Actor

Max Heindel

All things are in a state of vibration. Vibrations from objects in our surroundings are constantly impinging upon us and carry to our senses a cognition of the external world. The vibrations in the ether act upon our eyes so that we see, and vibrations in the air transmit sounds to the ear.

Danish Celebrity

David Suzuki

We emerged out of nature, and when we die, we return to nature. We need to know there are forces impinging on us that we will never understand or control. We need to have sacred places where we go with respect, not just looking for resources or opportunity.

Canadian Scientist

Joss Whedon

I don't tend to write straight dramas where real life just impinges. But because I don't, when I do, it is very interesting to slap people in the face with just an absolute of life.

American Writer

Cesar Azpilicueta

People see the nice side of the game, but behind it all, there is a sacrifice that they don't see: the pressure, the repercussion, the way that impinges on your life.

Spanish Athlete

Roger Mudd

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

American Journalist

Dale T. Mortensen

Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human condition.

American Economist

Don Willett

Laws that impinge your constitutionally protected right to earn an honest living must not be preposterous.

American Judge

Hugo Weaving

I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life.

Nigerian Actor

Hugh Masekela

Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms.

South African Musician

Usually implies a harmful or limiting effect, mainly seen as something bad.

Negative Connotation

Often used with non-human subjects like events, circumstances, or objects doing the action.

Impersonal Subjects

The influence doesn't have to be total but can still be significant.

Impact Intensity

Suggests violation of a boundary, like someone's personal space or societal norms.

Boundary Breach

Often used in contexts like laws or regulations where rights are in jeopardy.

Legal Context

The act can be less direct, suggesting a subtle or gradual infringement.

Soft Influence

Used to describe when objects come into direct, physical contact, often at a precise point.

Physical Contact

The direction or angle at which something impinges is usually important in physics.

Angle Matters

Common in technical discussions, especially when explaining experiments or phenomenon.

Scientific Usage

 Now, think just for a second. Where do they put it? Up high and without a lid. Reaching up to collect a coffee that I have paid for is an incredibly dangerous experience. But design also impinges on the clothes that I want to wear.

Impinge