Quotes About Influence

All of my definitions of family were heavily influenced by my 'Star Trek' experience.

All my friends were 'Star Wars' kids but I didn't go to the movies, so I was the 'Star Trek' kid.

I hadn't watched 'Star Trek' when I was a kid.

Almost everywhere in the world you go, people will come up and say, "Oh my God, you're from 'Star Trek.'"

I didn't want to be trapped in an idea of replicating other 'Star Trek' characters; especially Vulcans. But my love and I have Spock paraphernalia all over our house. He's an omnipresence in our lives, we adore him.

From his roots as a slave, the American Negro - sometimes sorrowing, sometimes jubilant but always hopeful - has touched, illuminated, and influenced the most remote preserves of world civilisation. I and my dance theater celebrate this trembling beauty.

A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.

When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my personal life are based in it. I think that the art world would probably be a tremendous reservoir for everybody involved in advertising.

When you're the president, there's tremendous respect, and everybody goes out of their way respecting you and honoring you... it can be a trap. Nobody says 'Boo' to you, and nobody tells you you're wrong, hardly, if you have the wrong people around you.

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it.

A man's work and the conditions under which it is performed are tremendous factors in determining his character.

I'm not ready to be that guy who can meet with world leaders and all that. It's tremendous what Bono does. I don't know if I could do it, not the way he does. I don't think many people could.

I have students who are now in chairs in five continents. They invite me to their inaugurals. A tremendous reward.

Prime Minister Abe's top-level relation-building is tremendous. I can't do the same.

Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years - I still don't want to because of that.

Well I think I'm of the view that Fox has a monopoly position... I think Fox has tremendous power from that point of view, but there's also the sense of fearing their audience.

Modern culture is a tremendous force.

I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.

Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in.

That tv box has a tremendous capacity to reach people.

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.

I'm sure I will cause tremendous seismic shifts in the culture again.