Quotes About Influence

Men, unlike mockingbirds, have the capacity for systematic self-delusion. We echo each other with equal precision, equal eloquence, equal assurance.

If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.

You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

The union of theorizer, organizer, and leader in one man is the rarest phenomenon on earth; therein lies greatness.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.

It's not like we wanted to get really political in terms of specific causes, but I think a lot of the lyrics deal with paranoia and feeling like "the man" is in control somehow.

I always run into strong women who are looking for weak men to dominate them.

The idea of molding men means a lot to me.

A man is only as strong as the woman who holds him.

Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.

I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.

There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind; but the odor of good people travels; even against the wind: a good man pervades every place.

There is a century-old saying, "The dollar votes more times than the man."

There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

I never met a man I didn't like until I met Will Rogers.

I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.