Quotes About Influence

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Charlie Sheen no doubt look at Berlusconi and think, 'Role model!' Women, of course, know otherwise. They see him as an aging, pathetic buffoon.

It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.

You can't hope for a better result as a campaigner than to have the prime minister announce a major policy change within 48 hours of your documentary.

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

I won't allow any party to evade the question of which leader they support for prime minister.

The prime minister is not a private individual, but the leader of the Jewish State and the Jewish world as a whole.

I'd rather rule the world now than be prime minister.

My father was the prime minister and we had Tamil Nadu's support.

An Australian prime minister once said that his job was the second most important job in the country - behind being captain of the cricket team. It's not a job you take on lightly.

Is the role of the prime minister to cultivate political leadership in Israel? My answer is yes.

As far as I know, Kamala Haasan does not choose the prime minister of this country.

You don't try and put rockets under prime ministers.

I'm the Princess of The Authority.

I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren't characters I looked up to and identified with.

If you have a smothering parent, the effect it can apparently have on a child is to give them, in equal doses, a sense of too much self-esteem, because they are mummy's little princess or prince, and low self-esteem. It affects future relationships.

The most frequent thing people said to me about Princess Diana when I was conducting interviews for my biography was that she could create a circle of intimacy in the middle of a crowd.

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

I was very fond of Princess Diana. She used to have me over to lunch to ask my advice. I'd give her good advice, and she'd say: 'I entirely agree. Paul, you're so right.' Then she'd go and do the opposite.

I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston.

I have been Princess Leia exclusively. It's been a part of my life for 40 years.

People used to call her Debbie Reynolds' daughter. Now they call me Princess Leia's mother!

In 'The White Princess,' the women are leading the story, and they're holding everything together. It's definitely a world of women's empowerment.

There are some people who leave a lifelong impact on you. Gayatri Devi, whom we remember as Princess Ayesha of Cooch Behar, is one such persona I will admire all my life.

When dealing with American politics, you try to follow the money, and that's where it leads you. It doesn't take you to the electoral college or to Princeton. It takes you down the darker alleys of American life.