Quotes About Influence

I feel like coming from a film background does give me an advantage over others because access is the hardest part to overcome. The fact that I can meet a Karan Johar is something that is available to me because of my parents.

Fame overcomes everything.

I want to be a role model and I want to show kids that you can be strong and overcome adversity.

I had to overcome a lot of things, but with that, I've inspired a lot of people.

When the world faces its biggest challenges, it looks to Britain to show the strong leadership needed to overcome them.

I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I've done it all - I'm good. Now, it's about setting an example for others to follow. I can't just talk it - I have to live it.

God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.

The evil influence of Satan would destroy any hope we have in overcoming our mistakes. He would have us feel that we are lost and that there is no hope. In contrast, Jesus reaches down to us to lift us up.

Overcoming my sister's shadow was the biggest thing I ever tried to do.

I'm never going to overestimate the clout of my job.

I joined MySpace in September 2003. At that time no one was on there at all. I felt like a loser while all the cool kids were at some other school. So I mass e-mailed between 30,000 and 50,000 people and told them to come over. Everybody joined overnight.

The whole social media can destroy people overnight.

It would be a lie to say that I don't care what people say about me. Every human being cares unless they're nuts. Am I nuts? But you can't allow that to override your mission.

When I came into the game, my influence was so heavy in the States and overseas people was painting murals of me, people tattooing me on them.

You can get an interview with anyone overseas on the basis of being part of 'Newsweek.' It still has a great deal of impact.

The time that I spent overseas working as a model, all of those experiences influenced my personality and personal taste.

There's still a lot of people who don't like me, but they are now overshadowed by the people who do like me.

Well Socrates is 70 when he dies. He's been allowed to philosophise freely in the city for almost 50 years. He clearly was - genius is an overused word - but he clearly did have something of the genius about him.

Our focus is to get citizen astronauts to experience the 'overview effect,' return to Earth, and then impact their communities.

You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight.

There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you.

After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.

I was so overwhelmed years ago, when I was a kid, by 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' I think it was the second movie I ever saw. I never got over that one.