Quotes About Influence

Poor Mexico, so far from God and so near to the United States.

The President spends most of his time kissing people on the cheek in order to get them to do what they ought to do without getting kissed.

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence.

When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent.

A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes everybody sick.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Every man has his price.

To me it's very obvious there are huge cultural differences between Americans and Canadians. But a lot of what we are is American.

We are being swallowed up by the popular culture of the United States, but then the Americans are being swallowed up by it too. It's just as much a threat to American culture as it is to ours.

Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

Sir John A. Macdonald

My father spoke French with a Bank of Montreal accent.

The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not.

TheSc ots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts - head, heart and haggis.

The twentieth century belongs to Canada.

You are a big country now, but you still tend to feel small and fragile. If the United States gets a cold, you get pneumonia.

Canadian nationalism was systematically encouraged and exploited by American capital. Canada moved from colony to nation to colony.

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them.

We have yet to find a significant case where the company did not move in the direction of the chief executive's home.

Few have heard of Fra Luca Parioli, the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping, but he has probably had more influence on human life than has Dante or Michelangelo.