Quotes About Influence

Children never say that their father is the smartest; instead they boast that he's the strongest.

My mother was my first and strongest offensive line.

Mum was the strongest person I knew.

I am always interested in looking for the strongest possible leadership.

I come from really strong women. My mum is really strong, so that's driven that into me, and my grandma was the strongest woman I've known in my life.

I always say if girls stick together we can be the strongest force ever.

I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.

The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly.

One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition with you, you will have a coalition against you. I don't want to see China and Russia on the side of Iran more strongly than they are.

It's a massive compliment to me to be known in Asia because Asia is the way forward in football, along with the Middle East. I believe that strongly.

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning 'full of the spirit.' I do believe that it comes to you.

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.

There's a direct relationship between how difficult it is to send a message and how strongly it is received.

I love color. When I paint, I use a lot of color. I love art that has a vibrancy of color and compositions. I adore the Impressionists, and I'm influenced strongly by them as a self-taught artist.

'ER' was so huge that whatever I did coming back to television, I'd have to feel as strongly about.

Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others.

My father, Kaneki, was a gifted research director of a chemical company, and his profession strongly influenced the path of my life.

I try to have a lot of influences, which is to say not to have one specific influence too strongly; that can end up badly.

Al Qaeda and ISIS may have global aspirations, but their ability to penetrate a society is strongly influenced by local conditions.

I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn't just compile power and hold onto power for power's sake.

I have no doubt that my origin and ethnicity have strongly influenced controversy over my invention of email.