Quotes About Influence

While money is used to finance speech, money is not speech.

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.

One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech.

I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding of drama and a good ear for dialogue and also the rhythm of speech. Similarly, my 16 years in radio drama has influenced me. You only have 45 minutes, or 7,000 words, to tell a story, so every scene has to have a point.

Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.

I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.'

I'm not one for those motivational speeches. I've always been more of an example guy.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

If leadership is about listening, the great political speeches would have been a little different.

I would say almost 60 percent of working with Kanye - let's say 53 percent of working with Kanye - is speeches.

Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns.

Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've given speeches to corporations where he'd have a good... He'd give me some good information.

There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.

Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.

I happen to have given lots of free speeches.

Many sportsmen, like myself and my team-mates, artists, and musicians all have unique chances and responsibilities to make themselves heard. We have the possibility to reach the parts that political speeches will never reach.

Even though I grew up and I didn't always like getting dragged to the meetings or the rallies or the speeches, I developed a very strong respect for participating in a democratic process.

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

This perception that a good captain is someone who beats his chest and roars like a lion and gives big Churchillian speeches, that's just not what leadership is about for me.

You can go on for days naming former elected officials who are now in the private sector getting paid lots of money for speeches.

I was also a junior and I know how you learn from seniors, that's how you follow. Speeches don't work.

I was wanting something new, and for me the Beatles were... outstanding. I was breathless, speechless.

I speak from a nerd's perspective because I've been watching anime since I was a kid. I grew up on 'Speed Racer' and 'Star Blazers' and 'Battle of the Planets,' and those were some of my first A) cartoons and B) introduction to Japanese couture before I even knew they were Japanese.

Go-go is so drum and Congo based. It's almost like music from Africa. The drums like on 'Planet Paradise' are deeply African-rooted. It's really bouncy and the same speed as go-go music. That's an example of the influence go-go had on me.