Quotes About Influence

That's when I realized that Tyler Durden wasn't in the community to get laid. He wasn't motivated by sex. He was motivated by power. Papa's

We talked for a half hour, and they supplicated to me the whole time.

They'd leave open loops (or unfinished metaphors and stories) in my mind that they'd close a week later. They'd play music designed to elicit specific psychological reactions. They'd put me into trances so deep that hours went by in the blink of an eye.

women tend to respond to status and social proof.

Project Hollywood was bringing me out of my solipsistic shell.

Sexual choice, however, is one of the only areas where women are indisputably in control. It's not until they've made a choice, and submitted to it, that the relationship is inverted—and the man is generally back in a position of power over her. Perhaps that is why women, to the frustration of men everywhere, are so cautious about saying yes. In

This was why only the uptight, small-minded kids in school got involved in politics, I thought. It's not about changing the world. It's still about what lunch table you sit at.

Every time I have to make a tough decision, I ask myself: "What would Tom Cruise do?" Then I jump up and down on the couch. Thanks

the past, I used to fall for ultimatums. But I'd since learned that ultimatums are expressions of powerlessness, empty threats designed to try to influence a situation someone has no control over.

At most, he was introducing me to a body of knowledge I could draw from, like the writings of Joseph Campbell or the teaching of the Buddha or the lyrics of Jay-Z. After

Authority does not increase with volume. We

There are always a few sad souls who want to be king.

The church Body cannot rise above its leadership. Additionally

The only thing big about a demon is its mouth. Demons

She hated to admit that money was the most serious difficulty. Knowing full well that it was important, she nevertheless rebelled at the unalterable truth that it could influence her actions, block her desires. A sordid necessity to be grappled with.

The less he sees of other writers the more of a writer he will ultimately become. When he sees scarcely anyone except other writers, he is ready for New York.

I don't know what kind of great I'm bound to be, Dove considered his prospects calmly, all I know for certain is I'm born a world-shaker.

Without women, there would be perpetual war and chaos. With them, there was only chaos.

But that's all hindsight. That evening, my mind was cloudy, and my good judgment was influenced by my need to prove something. It goes to show you, you shouldn't stay out too late during the week.

nodded, "A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.

It's good to be the top cop in a small town.

Each administration that he'd served had started out with its own unique style, its own vision, energy, optimism, and idealism. But within a year, the entrenched bureaucracy reexerted its suffocating influence, and about a year after that, the new administration began getting pessimistic, isolated, and divided with internal conflicts and squabbles.

the past was so strong, it obscured the present.

Definitely a bit sassy. Maybe I bring that out in women. I advised her