Quotes About Influence

Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality.

I love clothes so much, I always have. It's awesome to have designers invite me to their shows and openings and send me samples of their work.

It was great fun to be able to work with so many different artists. And I'm paying a tribute to the Beatles. I've just recorded some of their songs.

If you work with people that are bringing you up constantly - really bright, really passionate people - you can't help but get pulled in that direction.

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.

When you're the director, you kinda do all the work.

There's people that get a chance to do the kind of work that changes the world, and make things really different. And there's the kind that just keeps the world from falling apart.

The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.

As far as the work I did with Timbaland, it was his sound and I just kinda floated in his direction. I just rapped over his traditional beats.

Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation.

I am the people the mob the crowd the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?

My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.

Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again.

I like to work around identification for the audience, and when there's a grown-up or a moral figure or something like that, people tend to go there.

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.

Some teachers had been trained to work out at Southern because I carried two out there. I carried a lady down here from Palmer's Crossing, used to play piano, and Billy Carter.

My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.

There are a lot of filmmakers I love whose work doesn't inspire mine at all. For example: Quentin Tarantino. From his films you can see that he has a wicked sense of humour, and I love that!

I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.

He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.

When Oprah Winfrey wears something, it works out, too. But if someone's having "a moment," that always helps.

If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.

Remember, the American grand strategy works when other countries feel secure. But it doesn't work if we acquiesce in the aggression of other countries.