Quotes About Influence

They knew, none better, the havoc caused by a good-looking young man to the hearts of adolescent girls.

It was due to his tact, to his judgment, to his sympathetic manipulation of human beings that the atmosphere had always been such a happy one... If there was a change, therefore, the change must be due to the man at the top.

When people ask "Do you put real people in your books?" the answer is that, for me, it is quite impossible to write about anyone I know, or have ever spoken to, or indeed have even heard about! For some reason, it kills them for me stone dead.

I, too, believe in the force of superstition, one of the greatest forces the world has ever known.

If she'd been born in an African tribe she might have been a witch doctor.

What made Lady Angkatell dangerous, he thought, was the fact that those intuitive, wild guesses of hers might be often right. With a careless (seemingly careless?) word she built up a picture - and if parts of the picture was right, wouldn't you, in spite of yourself, believe in the other half of the picture?...

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

That, of course, depends entirely on who you mean by 'they'. It's a very vague term. Who is or are 'they'? Is there such a thing, are there such persons as 'they'? We don't know. But I can tell you this. If the most popular explanation of 'they' is accepted, then these people work in very close, self-contained cells. They do that for their own security. ~Jessop

Do you know what you sound like?' said Mrs. Oliver. 'A computer. You know. You're programming yourself. That's what they call it, isn't it? I mean you're feeding all these things into yourself all day and then you're going to see what comes out.

Thought is yours only. Nobody can alter or influence the use you mean to make of it.

One does not blow one's brains out because one has a headstrong daughter!

Queer, thought Henrietta, how things can seep into you without your knowing it...

Her account is that she tried to get out of having to read it, but it was no use." "And that's fair enough," sighed Craddock. "If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!

The day of the Old Men is over," said Tommy, waving his hand. "Who caused the war? The Old Men. Who is responsible for the present state of unemployment? The Old Men. Who is responsible for every single rotten thing that has happened? Again I say, the Old Men!

One can't do anything without a man. Men know so much, and are able to get information in so many ways that are simply impossible to women.

Put not your trust in princes or politicians, as the saying goes.

Of course she did not like the police," said Marcus. "Nobody likes the police. I do not like the police. But I have to stand well with them because of my hotel.

The past is the father of the present," said Poirot sententiously. He

That's what she always wanted to be—at the centre of things.

La mujer puede ser la ayuda del hombre y la inspiración de su vida, pero también puede ser su perdición. Puede arrastrarlo al nivel de la bestia.

Ugly as sin, but she makes herself felt. You agree?

Since then I have never laughed at the people who use the word atmosphere. There is such a thing. There are certain places imbued and saturated with good or evil influences which can make their power felt.

Cuántas veces no habré oído decir a una mujer inteligente a más no poder: "Edgardo dice...", como quien cita a una autoridad incontrovertible. Y eso cuando todo el mundo sabe que Edgardo es un perfecto idiota.

You've been reading G. K. Chesterton," I said, and Lawrence did not deny it.