Quotes About Influence

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

The love of lucre, though sometimes carried to a ridiculous excess, a vicious excess, is the grand cause of prosperity to all States.

I love seeing strong-willed women inspire little girls. I hope someday some new artist will say 'I was inspired by the Dixie Chicks.

When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love.

I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me.

A woman's lot is made for her by the love she accepts.

I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.

The love of power excludes all others.

Hate, hunger, and pride make better levers of propaganda than do love or impartiality.

My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.

O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.

Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

He made all countries where he came his own.

The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.

Let love write on you for awhile.

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power.

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

People respect us, they love us and they're entertained by us, so it's like when you trust somebody on that level, it's a lot easier to speak some real knowledge into their minds.

Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.