Quotes About Influence

Out of college, I had two job offers. One was to be a canoe instructor for Outward Bound. And frankly, that would have paid better than the job I took, working on a policy commission in Washington that focused on immigration policy and refugees. But that decision made all the difference.

I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we still can't raise up high over people's consciousness.

I refuse to bring my son up in a world corrupt as it is now.

I have more than 4 million followers on Instagram. All the companies I work for want me to guarantee how much I'll post for them, but I'm not going to force my career onto the people who follow me. I refuse to do 40 Instagram posts about any campaign.

China has incredible financial power and sometimes makes offers that players can't refuse.

I refuse to promote anything on Instagram for money and I'm aware that I have to be careful about saying yes to anything.

When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.

There were patterns in my family that had to be broken, and I refused to live my life the way certain members of my family had.

The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

I don't want to make a mistake that would hurt the cause of Christ late in my life, so I'm going to do everything I can to bring many people to Christ. If he can use me in that regard through 'Family Talk,' that will be my greatest legacy.

It's a matriarchal family, the Carters. A.P. was the original head of the Carter family, but the women were always strong. There were no questions asked in that regard; you had better be strong.

I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

When I came up, guys like Nicholson and DeNiro were held in highest regard.

I regard Jesus, like the Buddha, as a figure with the power to shape our lives.

What manner of thing this 'public opinion' is, should be best known to those who have its name forever in their mouths and erect the regard for it into a positive article of religion. Its self-styled organ in our times is the 'Press.'

I believe Sam Peckinpah is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and I hold him in high regard.

What you wear can largely govern your feelings and your emotions, and how you look influences the way people regard you. So fashion plays an important role on both the practical level and the aesthetic level.

I think things will work out for the greater good for not only me but the city of Pittsburgh. I'm extremely grateful to get out in the community of Pittsburgh and not only play the game but affect other people and kids in that regard, and I'm excited about the whole process of that.

At any given time, when there is a Republican president, typically we regard that person as the leader of the Republican Party.

I do believe it is true that the people of India regard the prime minister as the most important political leader.