Quotes About Influence

There are ways to speak that can transform things, which has less to do with authority but is more about resourcefulness and ingenuity.

Ideas have consequences that can transform society.

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

As educated girls become women, they can transform local communities and act as role models for younger girls.

Fashion is not superficial; it is a dynamic tool to transform oneself, and it can be used to command the attention of those around you.

Football's incomparable to anything else - perhaps only music has that same power to transform society.

'The Facebook Era' articulated a radical vision for how social media would transform media, relationships, and influence, creating new opportunities for businesses in the process.

To be able to transform societies and economies to low-carbon ones was an amazing challenge. To influence and to facilitate such an important transformation in the world would be like witnessing something of industrial revolution proportions.

I totally embrace the different transformations we've seen in hip-hop throughout the years.

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

We want to create a community of girls who will be empowered to become catalysts for transformation in their communities.

Football is a transformation agent, both for good and for bad.

If a brand wants to build social communities, capital and influence, it must become the chief celebrant of its community, not its celebrity. This simple shift in approach unlocks enormous transformative potential for brands.

I'm a big believer in the transformative, exponential power of art, like a reverse pyramid scheme.

Reading 'Moby-Dick' was really a sort of transformative literary experience for me.

Truly transformative leaders inspire deep commitment among many and have continued impact long after they are gone.

Hatred is a transformative power. It can make the innocuous into the menacing.

I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren.

James Harden changed my life. An entire page could be dedicated just to James. He not only transformed my life but also revolutionized the game of basketball - and continues to do so - like almost no one has before.

Director Alphonse Putharen came to my life as an angel and transformed my families' lives. That's why we named our home 'Premam.'

I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me.

Ever since Marilyn Monroe was transformed from one of the prettiest girls you could ever hope to see into an icon, everyone has been trying to repeat that icon. And now the entire industry is filled with, and by and large run by, wannabes.

The big influence on me was Robert Altman, who, especially in 'Nashville,' transformed my sense of dramatic structure and showed how you could handle overlapping stories.

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.