Quotes About Influence

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made silently.

Det tog mig många år att inse vilken makt pappas tystnad hade utövat. Ja, mäns envisa tigande.

How much is our life governed by the lives and past actions of others?

Isn't that her problem? That she lets his thoughts crowd in on hers - crowd out hers...

The germ of genius with a definite purpose is contagious. Otherwise, it's pathogenic.

The mind, unlike a box, cannot simply filled whatever that you wish and then remove it once you decide it's a hazard leaving it unscathed. Rather, it's like a living being and what you put inside it gets ingested and assimilated. It becomes a part of it and to remove it takes a tremendous amount of consistent work and dedication only to realize that it was best not to have taken whatever it is in to begin with.

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.

Readers are made by readers.

Long before any other German politician, he had become convinced that the centre of gravity for the New Germany must be on the Rhine rather than in Berlin.

If you can't be a good example, At least be a horrible warning.

I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.

I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that.

This is the wonder of names. Like the press of a footprint in the snow: proof that someone has been there.

People say never stand in the shadows of great men. Stand on their shoulders. I say, no: stand in their shadow, kick their ass, and tell them to get out of the way.

The American mass media have achieved what American political might could not: World domination.

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

I don't mind introducing you, but I have to warn you that she has a tendency to take over people's lives. Also, she sometimes comes out with bizarre and even paranoid remarks, and the best thing is just to say 'Yes, yes' and act sympathetic.

Technology dictates how people live their life, we become TechPally either knowingly or unknowingly. It does not matter whether we're for it or against it, it has ruled the world we live.

In matters of both film and literature I owe much to my brother's discernment. I took special care to see every film my brother recommended. As far back as elementary school I walked all the way to Asakusa to see a movie he had said was good.

Yet the same Yama-san who educated us in this exceptional manner made the following claim in a magazine once: "All I ever taught Kurosawa was how to drink." How is it possible to express one's gratitude to someone so selfless?

Since I had been doing nothing but follow my brother's lead, his suicide sent me spinning like a top. I believe this was a very dangerous turning point in my life.

When someone is told over and over again that he's no good at something, he loses more and more confidence and eventually does become poor at it. Conversely, if he's told he's good at something, his confidence builds and he actually becomes better at it. While a person is born with strengths and weaknesses as part of his heredity, they can be greatly altered by later influences.

He was a wonderful teacher. A really good teacher doesn't seem like a teacher at all; that's exactly how this man was.