Quotes About Influence

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.

To be someone's inspiration is the biggest goal in my life.

Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death.

Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you.

in this short life that only lasts ah hour how much-how little-is within our power.

The happiest and most glorious hours of my life with books have been with German books.

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.

We know how powerful our mother was when we were little, but is our wife that powerful to us now? Must we relive our great deed of escape from Mama with every other woman in our life?

Our words can have power that we don't think we have in everyday life - anyone can make a difference.

Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life.

That which we say and do, if its effects last not beyond our lives, is unimportant.

Passions are the gales of life.

Court-virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate, Born where Heav'n influence scarce can penetrate. In life's low vale, the soil the virtues like, They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?

The most influential time in my life musically was definitely those piano lessons.

I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life

You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.

Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects

The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the night of God.

I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.

Frank Sinatra turns 100 this year and his music has been a major player in the soundtrack of my life. So it's only right that I return the favor and pay it forward.