Quotes About Influence

I don't care anymore if people dress like me, now I want them to think like me.

Make no mistake, Madonna is always in control of the image she wants you to see.

If you want something done, ask. If you want something done quickly, ask, and then begin counting down from ten with no explanation.

I never like to be the person trying to hard sell, saying, "This is why you should watch it." I know that my fans, who have followed me for years, want to know what I'm doing.

What I'm not - I can't control other people's campaigns. If they decide that's what they want to do with their time and money, they certainly have a right to do it.

I think it is time for all babies to let us know who they want for president.

The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don't want to model myself after Hello Kitty. She has no mouth.

People want to pick the leader, and we are obsessed with celebrity and whoever is on the cover of this or that.

I think everybody's got a presentation. Everybody looks a certain way because they want to convey a certain image. You look a certain way because you want people to listen to you in a certain way.

Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career. Someone who's won multiple NBA Championships and has made a difference in the NBA.

If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it.

I love the fact that they [girls ]are into Superman and Green Lantern and Batman and everything, and they really do have all those toys as well, but I don't want all their role models to be men.

Jesus, man. Why do people want to be Paris Hilton and nobody wants to be Spider-Man?

I saw money change votes.I mean, they just seem unaware of this, that money is something - if they want to see the appearance of corruption, all they had to do was look in Las Vegas last weekend.

People don't want to be bothered, if they're not being pressured to change. You have to push people. You have to be the agitator that makes the pearl.

Donald Trumps' senior advisor said on CNN that the US Presidential election was the ultimate reality TV show! Appeal to those you want to reach!

Everybody has to have their little tooth of power. Everybody wants to be able to bite.

I don't have kids, but in many ways I feel I've had them already. I don't want to say I raised my brothers - that sounds too strong - but actually I do feel like that a bit.

Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that made me want to become a singer.

I don't like the celebrity gossip culture, and I certainly don't want to contribute to it. I don't care about the Kardashians, or any of them.

Maybe my records might make the next Ja Rule or Jay-Z want to rap.

Hollywood would much prefer the author be dead, so that they can buy the book and do what they want to do with it.

If people want me to go round and talk to governments and others then I feel that responsibility which is why I am on the road a good deal of the time and why I'm not slowing down.

The American media wants to pump you full of fear.