Quotes About Influence

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.

Right. So if the eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If the eyes are not shining, you get to ask a question. And this is the question: who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining? We can do that with our children, too. Who am I being, that my children's eyes are not shining? That's a totally different world.

Middle class Labour leaders are recaptured by the establishment when they die.

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution.

Literature's always a good card to play for Honours. It makes people think that Cabinet ministers are educated.

A man is known by his heroes.

Be that as it may, for our present purposes, a bottom line emerges: Stock prices are not independent. Today's action can, at least slightly, affect tomorrow's action. The standard model is, again, wrong.

Jamie Foxx. He's been very much a mentor and friend, and we've worked together several times. He's just been such an influence in my career. There's nothing that man can't do, and that's something I would like to reflect in my career.

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society.

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.

My fans reflect who I am.

Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, if your standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it's gonna reflect on the down-ballot.

Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.

Television has to reflect back to you your own sense of security. It also has to mirror your sense of your own decency and your own limitations.

Sometimes audiences want to see what we're doing to their world. It's our obligation sometimes to reflect it.

Fashion doesn't boost my confidence - rather, it provides a canvas to express or reflect it and whatever is influencing me in my life at the moment.

To me, it's about always trying to make decisions that reflect my leadership and who I am.

As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.

It's nice to be able to go back and reflect and see how much my dad meant to people.

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

The last book I read to my mom was 'Barbara Bush: A Memoir' published by mom in 1994. It reflected on their entire life - dad going to China, running the CIA, running for Senate, running for President twice.