Quotes About Influence

Those in power are those willing to do what it takes to gain power. While the context varies, depending on the region, the rule itself is inviolable.

MITCH Rapp gave a quick knock on the Oval Office door and then entered.

you were only as good as the people you surrounded yourself with.

America? It was being taken over by corrupt politicians, a mainstream media bent on whipping up divisions, and an Internet full of crazies.

I want to contribute to sport and the community in a positive way.

If you want to turn your life you're going to have to start making things happen and stop allowing things to happen to you

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

Discount all praise by nine-tenths, since a king draws flatterers as offal does flies.

every human culture is created by fear

We seduce the prayer out of them. I never take advantage of that power, unlike some. We are their religion, and they know it

From 1945 through the crucial years of 1954 and 1955 and on to 1964, almost everything that was done in South Vietnam, including even a strong role in the selection of generals and ambassadors, was the action of the CIA, with the DOD playing a supporting role and the Department of State almost in total eclipse.

Most ambassadors would be surprised to learn that some of the staff messages that are proposed to them for authorization to transmit were received from the ST almost verbatim in the form which his "staff " have given him to send back to Washington. This is a useful device for the ST because it gets a message of unquestioned authority from the ambassador into the Department of State and usually into Defense via attach channels.

Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn't.

The government thinks the psychologists can keep the population under control.

Earth has been controlled by the man who owns the planet's fuel—Delbert John Rockecenter. His power is such that he can determine the political future of a country simply by making a telephone call to one of his minions.

The Rockecenters advocated worldwide population reduction for generations.

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

All real difficulty stems from no responsibility. Full responsibility is not fault; it is recognition of being cause.

A man is known by the company who he keeps

It is said that the mother of King George III told him: "George, be king!" and that many of this well-meaning but far from brilliant monarch's troubles stemmed from trying to obey her. Likewise, Susie Lovecraft in effect told her son: "Be a gentleman!" She succeeded in making him into a lifelong snob

Why did I follow her? If you must know, Sir, it was easy. Pound for pound, Puss-in-Boots was the best commander I ever served under.

it is not impossible that I could become Governor of this state. Or even President. I would not mind having a horde of sycophants licking my boots. Actually, that is quite an attractive notion. Thank you, Jacky, I had not thought of that." Amy

Even if you kill her, she'll still be alive-here." He tapped his chest. "In me. I keep her here. She's part of me. So until you kill me, you can't really kill her. And you can't win. It's that simple.

They understand NOW," agreed Charles pointedly. "But what happens in a little while when the effects wear off and they remember everything except the reasons why they did it? They're going to be telling their parents they gave their car away to some kids who made them smell a leaf. And what do they say then?