Quotes About Influence

I've decided that I can also touch the hearts of many - dead people, but the living, too. (Cameryn Mahoney)

it's a sad world we live in when a human being leaves so little of a mark that no one even realizes it when he's gone.

And third my Dad doesn't like you.He won't tell me why but he's a smart man.If he doesn't like you I can't like you,either.

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'

I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

Readers develop unique histories with the books they read. It may not be immediately apparent at the time of reading, but the person you were when you read the book, the place you were where you read the book, your state of mind while you read it, your personal situation (happy, frustrated, depressed, bored) and so on – all these factors, and others, make the simple experience of reading a book a far more complex and multi-layered affair than might be thought.

The structure of politics followed naturally from the structure of the economy.

Everyone has their fulcrum, Chiku. You can bend anyone to any cause with the right timing.

at best noise, at worse a potentially damaging input.

The persona of 'The Wonder Years' is something that's going to be with me forever. And I'm happy for that. It's nothing that I'd ever shy away from, and it makes me feel so good that it's something people still remember and talk about it and think of it so fondly.

I think athletes are, in general, tired of so much of their persona being controlled by the media.

I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.

I've always loved science fiction, fantasy, manga, comic books; so I guess, to some degree, those things influence my personal idea of what looks nice, which definitely isn't everyone else's.

A leader has to be a role model both in both political and personal life, so from the beginning, I was cautious about my image and I wanted to be incorruptible like my father.

Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.

My personal life is a big part of who my character is.

What I went through in personal life had a big impression on my professional choices.

One thing that has influenced my personal life, my career, my attitude, the person I have become and every decision that I have made is a fact that I have been a loner as a child.

I have such a personal life history with R&B - it's the first music I remember hearing, and it feels like a family tradition.

Washington is a very complicated city. You have to work the personal relationships. They are politicians, they are congressmen, they are senators, but they are human beings. And for them to get to know you on a personal level really, really makes the difference.

Personal relationships, mood, chance, or anything like that can actually affect people's decisions, and when they're in a position of power, their capriciousness can affect the fate of a nation.

We sort of have given up on the idea of taking any sort of personal responsibility for what we see. I don't understand it at all. There are many things that I won't let my kids watch.

Fashion has always played a major role in my life and my personal style has transitioned and evolved as years passed.

Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.