Quotes About Influence

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.

I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.

I think it's probably a bad idea for young boys to see how they're being depicted in men's fantasies. It could get very dark. You could learn how to do things wrong.

And thoughts of no other man but you could possibly get through the picket lines to enter into my mind.

The most enthusiastic man in a cause is rarely chosen as the leader.

The creator's concern is the conquest of nature. The parasite's concern is the conquest of men.

There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a recipe for disaster.

There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers.

Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be.

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

The weight of great power crushes the goodness of the man who rules and the honesty of those who are ruled.

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.

While the best men are guided by love, most mean are still goaded by fear.

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.

Al Davis treated me like son. That man helped me become the man I am today.

I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.

Man is the product of two forces, action and reaction, which make him think.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.

Whoso has sixpence is sovereign (to the length of sixpence) over all men; commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to mount guard over him,to the length of sixpence.

Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition.