Quotes About Influence

Sports occupies a central place in our society, and, as such, it is unavoidably cultural in nature and often engaged in societal issues.

Al Jazeera should understand the societies, should understand the culture of the civilisation, should understand the dynamics of the societies, should be part of this understanding; and on the other level, Al Jazeera should concentrate on the margin rather than the centre. It means that Al Jazeera should be close to the public.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders of all time, such as Alexander the Great, Pericles of Athens, Hannibal of Carthage, and Julius Caesar of Rome, were all pagans, or else living in a pagan society.

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.

We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us.

Cuties' is universal, and it raises concerns that involve all world societies.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Journalism is about results. It's about affecting your community or your society in the most progressive way.

There's something about compassion that causes society to say, 'We're going to take this person seriously.' Take Mother Teresa. She was confrontational on abortion, but she wasn't rejected by society.

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

The public school has become the established church of secular society.

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.

I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced.

A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.

I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.

Art reflects society. Cinema doesn't dictate - you portray what the society demands.

Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.

As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.

Gene Kelly has meant so much to me through the years. I used to dance in my living room in socks and a tee-shirt, no idea what I was doing, but wanting to dance like Gene.

If you noticed, I wear high-water pants and white socks, which is inspired by the mod '60s, like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, what have you. That style of dress during that time is really, really dope to me.

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.