Quotes About Influence

Our players are role models; there's no question about it. Whether they want to be or not. They are. So they're in the spotlight. So if they do something that's wrong, that's in the spotlight, too.

I have a direct line with Obama. It's a crucial link. And I can put Spain in the spotlight.

I was lucky. A lot of people have that. People that don't tell you what you want to hear, but what's best for you. I was blessed with great friends. I was always blessed that way. My dad always kept good people around me. I just got lucky. Because of the spotlight you're in, people are scared to tell you otherwise.

I want to shine a spotlight on showing how dangerous Trump and his Twitter button can be.

This is what's sick about living in L.A. My eight-year-old daughter will point to a woman and say, 'Look! That woman's had too much Botox.' She spots them because they all look a bit like Lord Voldemort from 'Harry Potter.'

Although my music is electronic, it has a lot of influences from my past, which is all sorts of genres; I've been in a rock-metal band for a long time, and I still feel like, personally, I have a lot of influence from that. My classical influence, you can find spots here and there.

Where I came from in the country, there was no place to hear pop music like Little Richard and people like that. Later, I heard James Brown, Otis Redding, The Drifters, The Four Aces, The Ink Spots.

One of the things I say is, 'You cannot control your spouse, but you can influence your spouse.' And one of the ways to influence your spouse is to make sure you are meeting their need for love.

You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.

Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.

If you think I have the power to determine when people leave their spouses, you attribute far too much credit to me.

Cabinet spouses are not allowed to lobby other Cabinet members. It's against the rules.

Maybe I'll create a guidebook for future political spouses: the dos and don'ts in D.C.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.

My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.

Social media is great in some ways - if we're able to spread good messages.

I am looking more at being a sports leader someday to have more influence with the youth and to hopefully spread weightlifting across the country.

The Internet has made it much more effective and cheaper to spread propaganda.

Time is what allows stories to spread into people's consciousness.

Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music.

We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.

I believe Islam was truly spread by example. So whatever good a Muslim does publicly will be seen - the same is true for the bad.