Quotes About Influence

If every day of your life you are told by authority figures that the Earth is flat, you will be scared of falling off the edge whether you want to be or not.

We must become the people we want our children to be.

I didn't understand myself well enough be an ambassador to my world, to inspire people to want to cook, to inspire young people to want to come into my industry.

When you say that I have followers, let me assure you that I do not want followers, nor would I ever encourage the idea of following.

Before you put pen to paper, before you ring for your stenographer, decide in your own mind what effect you want to produce on your reader — what feeling you must arouse in him.

No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of events have happened in one's life.

The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences the business cycle is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank.

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.

Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance.

It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam.

God wants to change us so much that it intrigues others.

What type of legacy do you want to leave?

A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to say.

The purpose of life is to be loved by as many people as possible among those you want to have love you

K--: 'When they say "I am my own person," "I do not need a man," "I am responsible for my own sexuality," they are actually telling you just what they want you to make them forget.

In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect.

I haven't even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.

If we are kind and considerate, people will want to be around us, and we benefit from enduring circles of attention and care.

My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

How doe we create the world we want, rather than a world that just happens to us?

The government doesn't want you to use YOUR drugs, they want you to use THEIR drugs.

Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.

My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.

The young people when I go to McDonald's, the Hispanic clerks will come by, 'Sheriff, can we have a picture?' over and over again. At least they want a picture with me.