Quotes About Influence

No married man's ever made up his mind until he's heard what his wife has got to say about it.

I think he [composer Joe Raposo] was the first man who kissed me on the cheek.

The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue.

Yves Saint Laurent is a young man of excellent taste; the more he copies me the more taste he displays.

You can measure a man's worth by the breed of person he throws out of his office.

The subject of management is man; the objective of management is the moving of man's mind and will and imagination.

Thoughts that most frequently occupy the mind determine a man's course of action.

President Kennedy was the greatest man I ever met, and the best friend I ever had.

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.

Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.

Man is the control experiment of heredity and environment; and since his heredity controls him, he tries to control his environment.

I was always looking for the same man - a strong father figure.

A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.

It was useless to try to corner a man who told stories. It was like trying to drink all the water in a lake to get at a bright pebble on the bottom of it.

Crowds of men are like crowds of sheep. Not the best, but the first leader is usually followed.

Least of all shall we preserve democracy or foster its growth if all the power and most of the important decisions rest with an organization far too big for the common man to survey or comprehend.

A man who will be the public leader, must know how to be the public follower.

Every Man is the Architect of his own Fortunes, but the Neighbours superintend the Construction.

As people get their opinions so largely from the newspapers they read... But the Press is not free, the newspapers are owned by rich men.

So I want to thank the Pentagon, the Soviet Union and the military-industrial complex from the bottom of my heart. Without them, I could never have become the man I am today.

The man who has no mind of his own lends it to the priests.

The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.

Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.