Quotes About Influence

Consent is a downward motion, I think - a leap or a fall - and whether they'll admit it or not, even the most decisive people can find themselves unable to tell whether or not their consent was freely given. That inability to discover whether you jumped or were pushed brings about a deadened gaze and a downfall all its own

Edith Wharton novels for two Henry James novels, Lucia Berlin's short stories for John Cheever's, Elaine Dundy's The Dud Avocado for Dany Laferrière's I Am a Japanese Writer, Dubravka UgreÅ¡i?'s Lend Me Your Character for Gogol's How the Two Ivans Quarreled and Other Stories, Maggie Nelson's Jane: A Murder for Capote's In Cold Blood, Lisa Tuttle's The Pillow Friend for The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James.

Our exchanges always seem to turn into whatever he wants them to.

White is for witching, a colour to be worn so that all other colours can enter you, so that you may use them.

It is a veiling of alternatives, a way of making sure you don't reject the choice Mother's made for you. No matter what, you will not starve. She has a hunch that over the years, usage of this recipe has always fallen on the shadow side of things.

Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around.

Father asks me to tell all who have remained loyal to him and those over who they might have influence, that they should not advenge him, for he has forgiven everyone and prays for them all; that they should not themselves seek revenge; that they should remember that the evil there is now is in the world will become yet more powerful, and that it is not evil that will conquer evil – only love.

St Petersburg society looked upon Grand Duchess Vladimir as the real Empress of Russia, for Alexandra now hardly ever emerged from her retirement at Tsarskoe Selo.

It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

When we surround ourselves with quality design, it influences our mood. If our surroundings are nice, we feel cosy and safe. It makes us happier.

Proof of the power of the press is the fear of the press by the government. Martha Gellhorn as quoted by Helen Thomas

In the final analysis, it is not critics who create literary canons, it is other writers who create them .... A writer can have published thirty-seven volumes, but if that writer doesn't interest other writers, they will all molder in the library and nobody will ever want to read them again.

My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.

Making other people feel bad about themselves and their needs is a very powerful thing to do. Totally immoral, but powerful.

It's as if the media is saying to teenage girls, "Remember all those kid TV shows you used to watch that told you you could be any way you want to be and become anything you want to become? We were just kidding. You can be a lawyer, a scientist, or whatever, but what's most important is that you look gorgeous, act simpering, and fall in love with a confident, good-looking hunk." A

Leadership presence involves humility. As Andrea Zintz, career coach and president of Strategic Leadership Resources, clarifies, humility is not about diminishing your stature but rather involves benevolence, consideration,

Don't forget that there's no I in team • Never underestimate the power of mentors, networks, and sponsors • Embrace lifelong learning • Follow the Golden Rule • Leave a legacy

The most charismatic leaders don't seem to be as concerned with the material they're presenting as they are with getting to know their audiences.

Leading with presence is all about the signals you send out. It is how you portray yourself—through your words, actions, and appearance—as someone whom others trust and want to follow.

The wise man gladly leaves fame to others. He does not seek to have credited to himself things that stand accomplished, but hopes to release active forces; that is, he completes his works in such a manner that they may bear fruit for the future.

Print could be wielded by the purveyors of prejudice as well as by the combatants for civilization

Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.

You are what you write.