Quotes About Influence

I've always admired lawyers who use their power to effect social change, and Thurgood Marshall was always a childhood hero of mine.

I want to be a role model and an advocate for social change.

I have always believed that cinema is one of the greatest instruments of positive social change. Stories can be light, engaging and poignant, but they need to say something.

I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I admire British literature for its insistence on dealing with social class. It may have been an influence.

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.

The biggest thing Motown did was change our social fabric: the way we interacted with each other as human beings.

I lived with my auntie and my cousin when I was growing up, and they always wore black, and I thought it was quite chic. It wasn't a goth or a social group sort of thing.

Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms.

Whether it is sensitising people to social issues, campaigning for causes or being part of fund-raisers, celebrities can go a long way in reaching out to people.

I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay.

I always say 'The Bachelor' doesn't create and drive social issues. We're a microcosm of what's happening in the world.

My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.

I feel like the NBA, WNBA, tennis and basketball have really been at the forefront of social justice and pushing for change from the athlete platform.

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.

My mother doesn't have much of a social life with other A-list people. Which in a way I'm very grateful for, because if I do make something of my career I will be able to say it wasn't because I was a Chaplin.

The power of social media is it forces necessary change.

I will not allow the liberal left, social media, or fake news to define me and my family.

Social media... it's the future for the new generation.

The thought that so many people get their news from social media really is scary.

I think that people post to social media to help shape their public identity.

I used to share my everyday life on the first social media platforms, and I had a pretty big following.

I'll say this, the mayoral position - because of COVID, because of the 24-hour news cycle, because of social media - it's been elevated.

Everyone has different interests, but instead of constructive learning, people generally tend to lean towards the negative... and I think social media has somehow given fuel to this kind of thinking.