Quotes About Influence

We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.

dominant groups tend to entrench their hegemony by inculcating an image of inferiority in the subjugated.

Modern television evangelists are mostly ignorant men with closed minds who have glimpsed the incredible reach of television – even its political influence – and spend a sizable part of their air time pleading for money.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

The question for the child is not, `Do I want to be good?"' Bettelheim writes, "but Who do I want to be like?

Only a church free of any outside domination can be the conscience of society and, as Washington pastor Myron Augsburger has written, "hold government morally accountable before God to live up to its own claims."21

The lure of power can separate the most resolute of Christians from the true nature of Christian leadership, which is service to others. It's difficult to stand on a pedestal and wash the feet of those below.

Two percent who care deeply about something are a more potent political force than the 98 percent who feel the opposite but aren't motivated enough to do anything about it.

The democratic process will always favor small, well-organized groups at the expense of large, diffuse groups.

She altered "priestly oppression" into "official influence" almost automatically, however, recalling that Anthony had told

I hope you still think that ideas are more dangerous than material things," Quentinsaid. "That was what you were arguing at lunch.

Working your way up the system doesn't mean you beat the system. It strengthens it. It's what the system depends on.

Bruce Lee was the guy you worshipped. Older Brother was the guy you dreamt of growing up to be.

They don't know what they want. They want cool Asian shit.

Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good, and consequently we've made a testosterone-sodden pig's ear of just about everything: politics, the economy, religion, the environment ... you name it, it's in a gigantic man-wrought mess.

Celebrity' is increasingly the only role the media can process,

I used to feel intimidated by people like this; now I see them as walking insecurity beacons, slaves to the perceived judgement of others, trapped within a self- perpetuating circle of crushing status anxiety.

I am known in parts of the world by people who have never heard of Jesus Christ.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.

HEART OF MY HEART, ROCK OF MY SOUL, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE WHEN YOU TOOK CONTROL

Writing is a bit like being a god

You had to speak softly and carry a big stick.

Women. You tell me they're not all witches, and I'll tell you you haven't been paying attention.

Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That is diplomacy.