Quotes About Influence

All of us, more than we recognize, are products of the thinking around us. And much of this thinking is little, not big.

Over the years, I think, more and more, I've come to recognize that my parents - not in a didactic or explicit way, but in a very powerful way by their example - gave me a sense that government could be a force for good.

When little old ladies recognize a guy who was Mr. Olympia, that's saying something. That means I've been able to cross lines as far as marketability is concerned.

I recognize very much in Hopper that it does look like the United States; it looks like the 30's and my first impressions of everything, all of which I have to deal with and which gets mixed up in my work and probably gets mixed up in everybody else's work too.

Brands are in your face 24/7; I'm sure you've consumed a couple brands today. So it's fun working with them. People recognize brands, and people are starting to recognize my brand.

I am pleased that my work has been recognized, and I hope to be a role model.

In many ways, leadership is about defining reality and inspiring hope, but if you have these great people around you and they know that what they do is going to be recognized, it can be incredibly powerful.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

I know that the fans are also very responsible for an artist's success and feel like they deserve to be recognized.

Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International Federation that the government of the U.S.S.R. was recognized by the majority of the great powers.

Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it's really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there's been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing.

Complex man that he was, J. Edgar Hoover left nothing to chance. The director shrewdly recognized that building what became known as the world's greatest law enforcement agency would not necessarily keep him in office.

The 1898 annexation of the Hawaiian Islands merely formally recognized what had long been American domination.

I recognized that I was a nobody in San Antonio, but working for the Trumps would be everything.

I would watch San Antonio play and see plays I recognized from the Russian team, the Yugoslavian team.

It's nice to be recognized and rewarded if people in the game think you are making an impact.

Professional sportspersons are role models, recognized and they have a responsibility. Having said that, everyone makes mistakes and one needs to move on and learn from them.

It's an honor to be recognized with the very best in the league for the impact that we make in our communities.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.

As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.

Would I ever recommend anyone working with Kim Fowley? No. But I feel that The Runaways would never have happened without Kim's tough love, which also brought about the demise of the group.

A lot about this industry is about who you know. If you set a really good example for yourself, and someone likes that, then they might recommend you to someone else. It doesn't matter what job you're in, any profession, it's always the same.

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.