Quotes About Influence

Yo había quedado reducido a pasmarote, a merced de aquella criatura cuyas palabras y cuyos encantos no tenía yo modo, ni ganas, de resistir.

He used to say that we exist as long as somebody remembers

Life is full of black marketeers eager to stuff their audience's brains with nonsense because that allows them to stay on their high horses and keep the carrot dangling.

I'd like you to talk to that someone about me and, through your words, make me live forever.

Le moyen le plus efficace de rendre les pauvres inoffensifs est de leur apprendre à vouloir imiter les riches.

Of all the things that Julián wrote, the one I have always felt closest to my heart is that so long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

si uno quiere que las cosas salgan bien hay que poner a una mujer al mando. —No me

Si finisce per diventare ciò che si vede negli occhi di quelli che si desiderano.

En contra de lo que usted cree a pies juntillas, el universo no gira en torno a las apetencias de su entrepierna. Otros factores influyen en el devenir de la humanidad.

Vojska služi samo kako bi se otkrilo koliki je udio budala u stanovništvu, smatrao je. A to se otkrije ve? u prva dva tjedna, nisu potrebne dvije godine. Vojska, brak, Crkva i banka: ?etiri jaha?a apokalipse. (...)

as we are remembered, we remain alive.

Sí. Como el suyo. Un hombre con cabeza, corazón y alma. Un hombre que sea capaz de escuchar, guiar y respetar a una criatura, y de no ahogar en ella sus propios defectos. Alguien a quien un hijo no sólo quiera por ser su padre, sino que lo admire por la persona que es. Alguien a quien quiera parecerse.

El mundo no es el lugar amoral que has conocido hasta ahora, Alicia. El mundo es simplemente un espejo de quienes lo formamos y no es ni más ni menos que lo que hacemos de él entre todos. Por eso las personas que, como tú y como yo, nacemos con un don tenemos la responsabilidad de utilizarlo por lo bien de los demás. El mío es saber reconocer el talento en otros y guiarlos para que llegado el momento puedan tomar la decisión adecuada.

A good father, if you see what I mean." "A good father?" "Yes. Like yours. A man with a head, a heart, and a soul. A man capable of listening, of leading and respecting a child, and not of drowning his own defects in him. Someone whom a child will not only love because he's his father but will also admire for the person he is. Someone he would want to grow up to resemble.

that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

Stories do not change the world. I've learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way.... I mean it's not the world I want to change.

When Gertrude Stein came to Ann Arbor, my mother said that all she said was, a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. When Dylan Thomas came to Ann Arbor, my father said that he was a terrible man. And that is how I was brought up.

It is easier to lure a fish than to hit it over the head with a club.

These hips are mighty hips. These hips are magic hips. I have known them to put a spell on a man and spin him like a top

When we think of the past we tend to assume that people were simpler in their functions, and shaped by forces that were primary and irreducible.

We need a few trusted naysayers in our lives, critics who are willing to puncture our protective bubble of self-justifications and yank us back to reality if we veer too far off. This is especially important for people in positions of power.

Perhaps the most dangerous thing on Earth is the person who always follows. What if you follow the wrong person? The wrong Idea?

To be believed, you had to have the support of the Somebodies

Our lives are structured around power symbols: money, authority, title, beauty, security.