Quotes About Influence

How use doth breed a habit in a man.

A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them.

Advertising nourishes the consuming power of men.

Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

I do not believe there ever was a man who was his own master, but that every man has a master of some kind or other.

Two things make smart men stupid, beautiful women and sports

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.

The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.

Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why - Warren Bennis, Leadership Guru It is not so much that man is a herd animal, said Freud, but that he is a horde animal led by a chief

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

In the stream.- Mighty waters draw much stone and rubble along with them; mighty spirits many stupid and bewildered heads.

There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.

When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .

Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one's youth remain the most vivid in manhood.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West, results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

Great men are among the best gifts which God bestows upon a people.