Quotes About Influence

we all live in systems that shape our travel behavior. And most of us live in systems that give us almost no choice in how to live or get around. Americans have it worst.

People can't be changed by writ or transformed by court decree.

But it was not until Samuel Richardson's Pamela in 1740 and, a decade later, Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, that the novel reached the form as we know it today, and opened an outpouring of work in 19C that would transform literature throughout the West.

But the people who have recently come to dominance and those who will come to dominance in the new century are increasingly aware—or can be made aware—that freedom still works in their own lives and that they effectively exempt themselves from most of the laws that take freedom away from other people.

Corruption in the political process varies directly with the number and value of things that politicians have to sell. This

it is said that roosters think the sun rises because they crow. Politicians are much the same.

Changing the new upper class by force majeure won't work and isn't a good idea in any case. The new upper class will change only if its members decide that it is in the interest of themselves and of their families to change. And possibly also because they decide it is in the interest of the country they love.

While Obama merely bowed clumsily in the direction of Idiot America, John McCain set up housekeeping there.

Anything is true if it's said loud enough.

Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics.

We only value ourselves as others value us, for it might be said that we hold ourselves in trust for others.

We don't exist in and for ourselves but only in as much as we are re-created in the imagination of another person— by entering that person's life as fully as possible. I mean, entering it imaginatively, intellectually, physically and emotionally with all the conflicts that that makes inevitable.

They just didn't have the sense of the strength of their vote. Just thought it wasn't necessary.

Teachers don't just teach; they can be vital personalities who help young people to mature, to understand the world, and to understand themselves. A good education consists of much more than useful facts and marketable skills.

You can expect that out of Federal people and to make it worse this was a Republican gang that cared nothing for the opinion of the good people of Arkansas who are Democrats.

He was a man of such modesty that he never mentioned his own name even when recording the stirring events in which he played so prominent a part.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Example is contagious behavior.

The hero dead cannot expire: The dead still play their part.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific influence upon different minds, and their common influence upon all minds.... It is therefore high time our most valuable aphorisms and paragraphs were put in order for frequent perusal, and for handy reference, as the circumstances of life call up subjects.

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches...