Quotes About Influence

Energy is food. Most people on earth feed on each other's energy, all of the time, seven days a week. The more energy you have, the more interested parties there will be in having lunch.

I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her and she had a record with that track on it.

The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of time.

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.

I remember a day and time when the streets indicated what was hot online, and now I think it's starting to reverse a little bit.

A man, in his books, may be said to walk the earth a long time after he is gone.

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

We have a female prime minister [Theresa May] here in the UK. I actually really like her and think she's wonderful. I think it's the best thing that's happened to us in a long time.

We can change the world one laugh at a time.

Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time

At a time when the public is sour on politicians, have no use for them, Bill Clinton has risen to a different level. Bill Clinton is endlessly interesting.

Government can screw up just about everything. Given enough power and time it will screw up everything.

Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time.

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

Self-sacrifice is essential to leadership. You will give, give all the time.

The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.

Looking back on my career, I think I've been extremely fortunate to be in the right place at the right time in order to have the influence that I did.

It is fatal to be appreciated in one's own time.

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.

It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front.

I want to be involved with young people in some way. Teenagers. Because that's the most vulnerable time. I have a fantasy of becoming a teacher one day.

I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room.

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.