Quotes About Influence

As far as Dustin or Dusty, neither of them contributed to me wanting to be in the industry as far as encouragement. They didn't discourage it, but I think they both were indifferent as far as it had to be my decision.

The way that I represent Australia and indigenous Australia affects other people as well from other cultures.

The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.

The work that Google is doing in China is indirectly benefiting the Chinese military. Indirect may not be a full characterization of the way it is. It's more of a direct benefit to the Chinese military.

Whether I'm involved or indirectly involved, I screw things up all the time.

The U.S. is ruled by private interest groups and by the neoconservative ideology that history has chosen the U.S. as the 'exceptional and indispensable' country with the right and responsibility to impose its will on the world.

I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.

Frontiersman ideas of individualism stand exposed as we realise just how much our actions impact others.

When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and actually running away from your parents and your home and what you grew up with. Of course, as the years go on, we come to find that we become our parents.

Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality.

While growing up, I have had women around me, be it my mother or aunt, who have individually shown me how to be strong.

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

When we find ourselves in groups or with charismatic individuals, we might do things we wouldn't ordinarily do.

But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs.

So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.

I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act as individuals and nothing more, but time and again - in corporations and business, in politics and religion, in fashion and culture, and in friendships and social circles - we think and do as one.

I don't know that the United States is 'God's Country,' but the church has been so strong here, and because of its influence, we hold life to be sacred and we believe that individuals have dignity. This is part of our legacy.

Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.

Now if you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals.

I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.

If we can be the best people we are as individuals, then that's the way to change the world.

You go back to the 17th century, the commercial and industrial centers of the world were China and India.

The industry can choose to ignore my work if they want, but my fans won't.