Quotes About Influence

There was never a moment where I was intentionally cribbing from another actor. More so, I grew up watching other actors design the character of The Joker to me, and obviously, the part was paying tribute to The Joker, and so I wanted to, you know, perform it to the best of my abilities in a way that it seemed to be paying homage to the character.

I pay lots of homages. I wanted to pay tribute to a leading Iranian writer, Gholam - Hossein Sa'edi, who is buried in Paris - he is an Iranian Arthur Miller. He is of a similar stature, and his work is similar to that of Arthur Miller.

We always pay tribute to what the old Lynyrd Skynyrd has done - I'm very proud of that.

To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.

So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from.

I had an AM radio and listened to Al Green, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Charley Pride and Cheap Trick - sometimes in the same hour on the same station!

If history is written by the victorious, what if the victors lied?

Nothing can stop a lie whose fashion has come...

One's rebuke engraves itself upon the mind more than one's praise.

Your greatest path of influence is love.

You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think.

As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.

Hey, metaphysics seminar is on the roof. Just take the elevator up and keep walking until you hit the sidewalk. Anything is true if enough people believe it.

A noble leader answers not to the trumpet calls of self promotion, but to the hushed whispers of necessity.

I can't control my feelings, but I'm learning to have a say in how much my feelings control me.

If where we are now and whatever we are going through does not motivate us to leave this world better than the way we met it, we are in this world for wrong reasons.

Being a real man is less about appearing strong and more about having the courage to influence a change in everyone around you.

I do not know how it all started, but I would certainly play my part in how it all ends.

Relationships are working either for our good and success, or they are harming us

Your life goal and mission is to find your gift, become what you have been created to be and with your gift serve mankind, promoting advancement and influencing humanity

Influence is when you don't talk and yet your words fill the room when you are absent and yet your presence is felt everywhere.

The impact of your life will go beyond your imagination. Live your life to be a blessing.

You will only have influence and power in the field of your gifts and talents

248. You will only have influence and power in the field of your gifts and talents