Quotes About Influence

Kids are naturally curious about what they don't know, or don't understand, or what is foreign to them. They only learn to be frightened of those differences when an adult influences them to behave that way and censors that natural curiosity.

As a child, because manga was always around and I was reading it, I naturally thought, 'Hey, I'd like to draw manga - I'd like to be a manga author!'

As the lead actor, you naturally get involved with a show.

I did live over in the U.K. for a while, so I guess I'm just naturally a Brit at heart.

I started playing basketball when I was about three years old. After that, everything else just came naturally. I had older cousins that used to let me hang with them, so I got my toughness from them.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Sheldon S. Wolin

The popularization of culture often ends in its total degradation.

Putin's influence in St. Petersburg, however, did not stem solely from his regulatory authority.

Putin's ability to maneuver between the city government, the security services, and the mafias that controlled many of the country's leading export industries.

Roldugin, who has been a friend of Putin since the 1970s, is said to be the person who introduced the Russian president to his former wife. He is the godfather of Putin's daughter Maria. These connections, rather than any evident business skill, allowed him to amass a tremendous fortune.

The Russian public wanted to see the oligarchs cut down to size and their political influence reduced. That was a tall order—but the oligarchs as a class were indeed changing. Those who had acquired assets in the 1990s wanted to see those assets defended, so they tended to support efforts to reduce the power of mafias and criminal organizations—groups that use their power to seize others' businesses.

Your actions create an energy vortex that draws in the necessary ingredients for your venture.

The world is actually a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well, mirroring your changes.

At the alpha level, your imagination acts powerfully on your subconsciousness mind and therefore your imaginings are powerfully effective in producing the desired result. It is believed that our subconscious mind represents nearly 90 percent of our mental capacity, which is why influencing your subconscious mind produces such powerful effects.

Our destiny is not fixed. It's a moving destiny, one that we constantly influence and shape as we move along our path toward enlightenment.

You change your future and influence it by how you are being every moment.

As long as you treat seemingly bad things as though they are truly bad, you give them the power to be bad.

No one plays me, 'Lion'. That's no secret. No one gets into my head unless I let them. And just so we understand one another... Here's the deal . You work for me now.

A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?

Après l'avoir condamnée, l'Église a fait de la pensée de Thomas d'Aquin sa doctrine officielle. Elle lui a assuré à la fois une gloire sans égale mais l'a aussi enfermée dans une espèce d'enfer dogmatique dont il n'est pas sûr qu'elle soit aujourd'hui sortie.

She wished she were as indifferent as she had always been with every other man. But there was something about Mr. Knight that made her notice him. Demanded that she notice him.

And of course I'm a chauvinist, but it isn't my fault. It isn't? No, Jack was born first and I share his genes. I can't help it if he infected me inside the womb. Briony burst out laughing. I should have known that would be your excuse.

The true power lies with you.