Quotes About Influence

I don't like to think of myself as famous because us skaters, we think of ourselves as normal people. But I really do have to be more careful about what I do and the way I set examples for everybody.

My oldest brother was two years older than me, and a really awesome skater.

I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program.

I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.

I started skating when I was 2 years old because of my older sister Natasha was a skater, and I wanted to be just like her!

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

What irritates me are bands that pretend they've never heard of the Misfits or Danzig, but they've got the skeleton shirt.

Apologetics has an important place in the local church as we seek to influence our communities for Christ in an increasingly skeptical culture.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you that I don't think of myself as a celebrity per se.

People do tend to be extremely skeptical, especially of YouTubers - and rightly so.

I have been skeptical, sometimes, about the importance of rap music, which I think is a capitalistic project to make money.

I think my father's skepticism fueled me to work harder.

I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest influences on the podcast, definitely. You'd never say Carl Reiner was the funniest dude on there, because he's just teeing it up, but he knows what questions to ask to lead to great improv.

No one will ever be as good as Phil Hartman. He was such an amazing genius, and may be the best sketch performer of all time.

I pray to the shrine of 'Mr. Show.' It saved sketch comedy.

I think I saw 'Ghost' at, like, 6 or 7 - like, a little too early to see 'Ghost' - but I would watch Whoopi over any kids' thing. Everything she did was so funny, and all of her scenes are almost like sketches.

I was inspired by comedy channels. I loved that they got to do sketches and could be funny and crude and make people laugh. But most of those channels, if not all of them, were done by guys.

Your understanding of culture can be very skewed sometimes, depending on what you're taking in!

I remember, my first time in the studio, I was with my dad, Dark Skies. I was, like, 4 years old. It changed my life. I was like, 'I've found my playground.'

You see a lot of European influence coming in with bigger guys having a larger skill set, shoot the ball, handle the ball, pass the ball. I'm hoping that'll develop into something I can do.

Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.

Selling is a natural skill. It's developed as a child. You may know it as persuasion.

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.