Quotes About Influence

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever.

He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

Hear this Robert Zimmerman, I wrote a song for you, about a strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand and glue.

Whatever else you fail of, do not fail of the influence of the Holy Spirit; that is the only way you can handle the consciences of men.

In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.

Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.

Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.

Man's greatest drive is not love or hate but to change another person's writing.

Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted.

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.

Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the nose, and another hanging on to his coattails.

Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers.

Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.

It is vain to say that enlightened statesmen will always be able to adjust their interests. Enlightened men will not always be at the helm.

Negro blood is sure powerful, because just one drop of black blood makes a colored man. One drop--you are a Negro! . . . Black is powerful.

Next to my husband and along with Marlon Brando, Yves Montand is the most attractive man I've ever met.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

What editors are obliged to appear to say that men want from women is actually what their advertisers want from women.

But what you learn, as you get older, is that there are a few billion other people in the world all trying to be clever at the same time, and whatever you do with your life will certainly be lost—swallowed up in the ocean—unless you are doing it along with like-minded people who will remember your contributions and carry them forward.

If money is a science, then it is a dark science...it has gone on developing...by its own rules