Quotes About Influence

During [Louis XIV]'s reign, France became the largest and most important nation in Europe.

Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not.

I was corrupted in other ways. I was led to believe that intelligence made a difference.

turning an immense pecuniary Mangle.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

Celebrity culture is something that pains me.

If you can't be a good example then you'll have to be a terrible warning.

Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.

I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.

She has no idea. The effect she can have.

Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you.

People aren't so bad, really," she said. "It's what the world does to them.

Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack. (Katness in The Hunger Games)

Never underestimate the power of a brillian stylist.

My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.

It's not wondering what I breathe in, but who, that threatens to choke me.

Make sure they remember you.

They were both after all, still children whose lives were dictated by powers above them.

The ability to control things. Yes, that was what he'd loved best of all.

But once I saw Fulvia Cardew crumple up a sheet of paper with just a couple of words written on it and you would've thought she'd murdered someone from the looks she got.

It's a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome," he explains. "Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.

However much President Snow may hate me, this Capitol audience is mine.

Our lives aren't just measured in years. They're measured in the lives of people we touch around us

Peeta rolls his eyes at Haymitch. "She has no idea. The effect she can have." He runs his fingernail along the wood grain in the table, refusing to look at me.