Quotes About Influence

Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in.

It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.

Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.

Slowly, ideas lead to ideology, lead to policies that lead to actions.

I feel Bollywood is slowly recognising the South as a major market.

I slowly began to develop an interest in the game. I owe my success to my family. Had it not been for my father and my brother, I would not have been so closely associated with cricket.

I like to see the kids in my area wearing England shirts, not Pakistan or India ones. A lot of it comes from the older generations but it's changing slowly, especially if people like myself and Ravi Bopara are playing for England.

Prince got some Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix and Sly in him, also, even Little Richard. He's a mixture of all those guys and Duke Ellington.

In 'Plutarch,' her voice begins to come out; there are actual 2,000-year-old quotes from Cleopatra, and they are sly and saucy.

My role model is Sly Stallone.

In Germany, they have great difficulty with anything that smacks of cultism or messianic leadership. You can't talk about leadership in its charismatic forms.

It would feel like a smack in the face to sign with any label outside of Dre's. He took a risk on me, and that means everything.

Small gestures can have a big impact.

'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.

Every life a legacy, every small business a school.

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it more.

We are a small country and we have limited influence so we are neutral.

Britain is a very small country with a very large press.

How curious that such an outsize man, in physique as well as personality, should be remembered today mainly for giving his name to a small fish. For the 19th century, Bismarck was no herring but a leviathan. Between 1862 and 1890, he created Germany, seeing off first the Austrian empire and then France.

The big fish run the show. I'm a middle fish, but there are small fish that are poisonous.

News isn't just what happens. It's what a fairly small group of people decide is news.