Quotes About Influence

One tiny flame could make so many other flames; one tiny flame could set afire a whole world.

An evil for these times destined to move through the world in handsome human guise.

The beautiful know they have power, and she had, in her diminutive charm, a certain power of which she was always casually aware.

Then, are you master of us all? You didn't teach her that. Was she supposed to imbibe it from my quiet subservience?

Roman influence seeds itself, sprouting mighty oaks right through the modern forest of computers, digital disks, microviruses and space satellites.

What a miracle, I thought. One tiny flame could make so many other flames; one tiny flame could set afire a whole world. Why, I had, with this simple gesture, actually increased the sum total of light in the universe, had I not?

Those who desire power want to be immune to the power of others.

Don't be a fool for the devil, darling! Unless he treats you a damn sight better than the Almighty!

Most strange and wondrous, I thought, that the power of the mind was greater than the power of the hands.

It's hard to imagine Buffy the Vampire Slayer without Interview with the Vampire.

or even on the same evening? Five nights ago the Voice had said, "You of all understand me. You of all understand power

how can you underestimate the effects of your books, your words, all of it on all the blood drinkers in existence?

Five nights ago the Voice had said, "You of all understand me. You of all understand power, the desire for power, what is at the heart of the desire for power." "Which is what?" Rhosh had asked the Voice. "Simple," the Voice had replied. "Those who desire power want to be immune to the power of others.

Those who desire power want to

Porque así es como lo llamarían los humanos. Fueron ellos quienes inventaron a Satán ¿no es así? Satánico no es más que el calificativo que dieron al comportamiento de aquellos que perturbaban el orden en el que querían vivir los hombres

A firm hand was placed against my chest to steady me and to hold me back.

Where could she have gotten these notions, except from the bits and pieces of electric dreams that she watched on a great screen I'd provided for her?

You have made yourselves an interesting adversary to one who loves challenges, and it will require all of my considerable influence to protect you individually and collectively from the avid lust you have so foolishly aroused.

Rome swallowed things and made them Roman.

Anger did move me and perhaps in the wrong way.

Every spellbinder has a signature," I said. "Once I learn to recognize that signature, I become immune. They can't make it happen to me after that." I

How curious it is that these religious people believe the devil to be so stupid that he should seek to corrupt only the poor and powerless-why not the king of France for once?

Qué tendría que haber hecho Cristo para que lo siguiera como Mateo o Pedro? Vestirse bien, para empezar. Y tener una cabeza lujuriosa de abundante cabello rubio.

You could say I strengthened and shaped Goblin, unwittingly creating the monster that he is now.