Quotes About Influence

Sometimes, when you want to make a difference in a person's life, stay out of it.

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

Leadership doesn't mean giving marching orders that others must follow blindly. Rather, it means causing others to want to follow. Successful leadership is personal.

Communication is always "propaganda." The emitter always wants "to get something across."

What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence

The people who put limits on your abilities, goals, or dreams, may not be the people you want to associate yourself with.

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to

Alright guys, I want to get out there and vote tomorrow. And not because it's cool, because it's not. You know what is cool? Smoking. Smoke while you vote.

Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up.

If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don't want to listen to me, then drop me as your leader

Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.

Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.

If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system.

You can only lead if the people that you're leading want to be led.

I've seen a lot of people - for example, Lindsay Lohan - who got into the wrong crowd. I always have my eye on what I want. And I don't want anything to distract me from that.

As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I'm incapable of doing that.

To be a success in advertising you must want to fill other people with a passion for possession.

It means a lot to me to have my kids like what I do. And that's why I limit them. But I don't want to put that pressure on them to be a fan of mine.

I wouldn't mind being the female MJ. I want to have major crossover appeal.

The hand that unnerved Belshazzar derived its most horrifying influence from the want of a body, and death itself is not formidable in what we do know of it, but in what we do not.

Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop.

If people want me to be their role-model, it would be nice.

The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching.

Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?