Quotes About Influence

Ceea ce devenim depinde in mare masura de ce citim.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

The Great Man was always as lightning out of Heaven; the rest of men waited for him like fuel, and then they too would flame.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are

It is an ancient land, honoured in the archives of civilisation. Every great European race has sent its stream to the river of the Irish mind.

Let there be a patron like Maecenus, Flaccus, and your lands will give you a poet like Virgil

Were there no women, men might live like gods.

One thing he'd learned in ten years on the New York Stage was this: don't make friends with the man who plays Hamlet; make friends with the man who pays Hamlet.

I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me.

Japanese culture is something I'm heavily inspired by. I was actually stationed for a few years in Japan with the Navy and I fell in love with a lot of that culture, especially when it comes to fashion and art.

Just as the water of a river near its mouth, in its final form, is composed largely of many tributaries, so an idea, in its final form, is composed largely of later additions.

No president has come near to rivaling Lincoln as a writer.

Girls are really resentful to their fathers when they don't get a chance to spend time with them, but now that my daughter knows everything I say damn near will come true or damn near is what it is, she loves me for that, she respects me for it, and I feel the same way with her.

Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii and Los Angeles.

Growing up near Scarsdale, I should have had at least one Jewish girlfriend. Maybe at some point it'll happen.

To be able to inspire somebody just by doing something that you love, just by creating your art, is something that's very near and dear to my heart.

Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that.

When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.

The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare.

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches.

From their '61 Cavern Club debut to their last rooftop concert eight years later, The Beatles gave every serious artist in their wake the songbook and sound for their career. It's the musical trough from which nearly every musician drinks.

My father, A. M. Rosenthal, edited the 'Times' for nearly 20 years and worked at the paper for many more.