Quotes About Influence

Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.

My mum's been my backbone, my inspiration, and the person who's pushed me in my career.

I know for a fact that we're not pushed or promoted to speak about God with fervor.

I never fought because of my father. I started to box before he pushed me. It had nothing to do with him.

If Kanye was not in the equation, I literally wouldn't even be here. His music pushed hip-hop - the man is a master at taking a complex idea and presenting it in a way that is accessible for everyone.

Art was not a thing for my family and is still not a thing for my family. My family will not go to a museum unless I say we have to go there. That's why I really feel like it was something I was supposed to do because there was no directive that pushed me in that direction.

The more I'm pushed in a position of leadership and I know I have to be the mouthpiece for so many other people who can't speak for themselves, the more confidence I'm gaining.

I first came across the script for 'Macbeth' between the ages of 11 and 12; it was the first book that shook my life. Because I did not yet understand that I could simply purchase it in a bookstore, I copied much of it by hand and took it home. My childhood imagination pushed me to feel like a co-author of the play.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.

I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.

People think my family pushed me into running for office. The person who pushed me most not to run for office was my father.

My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with me to matches.

My focus is on issues where I can make a difference to stop the liberal agenda being pushed by President Obama.

I have an elder brother who adores me and pushed me towards my goal. He just said 'go out and play.'

I think Mighty Moe really got me into a whole different style of MCing. There were a lot of people with simple lyrics and simple word play- he really pushed out the boat.

Since I was small, my dad and I have always been friends. He was never really hard on me. He never really pushed me to basketball.

Sunil Dutt asked me, rather pushed me, to join politics.

It was my mom who pushed me. My mom actually pushed my dad to train me. My dad knows what it takes to play at this level and be a really good basketball player, and he just wanted me to make the choice for myself.

I had the flu in New York and pushed the President of the United States off the front pages.

What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.