Quotes About Influence

When absolute power is on offer, talent fights to get in.

And every writer cherishes the dream of setting the young on fire, even if only by a cigarette butt tossed casually over the shoulder, and when we meet young people who say that they were inspired by what we said to rush off and read the books we were talking about, we can congratulate ourselves for all those guilty hours when, the last two left after a long lunch, we went on arguing about everything we knew.

Peacock in real life undid Shelley's vegetarianism by waving a steak under his nose when he fainted,

But for that to be remembered, Bruno Schulz has to be remembered,

His advocacy and understanding of Victor Hugo led to a close friendship,

Hitler wouldn't have needed to find someone else. Someone else would have found him. When absolute power is on offer, talent fights to get in.

Prosperity knits a man to the world. He thinks he's 'finding his place in it,' while really it is finding its place in him.

Into a dancer you have grown from the seeds somebody else has sown.

My wife, Jane, made it all possible. My daughter, Claire, made it

I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all my decisions for me, and even buys my clothes. She's very protective.

Ich glaube nicht, dass wir geboren werden mit einem vorherbestimmten Weg und einem bekannten Ende. Vielmehr sind wir das Ergebnis unserer eigenen Handlungen, die wiederum beeinflußt werden von dem, was das Leben gegen uns unternimmt. Die Summe all dessen macht uns zu dem, was wir sind.

Your pops is a real playa

John Quincy Adams subscribed to the thesis that his mother's generation was unique when he complained to [his wife] that there were no modern women like her. Abigail, God love her, shot back that women might act frivolous and flighty, but only because men wanted them to.

If you are a leader, you lead the way, not just in the easy ones, but on the tough ones, too. The key to being a successful combat leader is to earn respect, not because of rank, but because you are a man.

With soldiers, a leader develops a sense about which soldiers you can trust. You look for the soldiers who perform consistently. That is generally no more than fifteen percent of an organization. Solid leadership and association with your top performers can influence another seventy percent of your unit.

Because Chamberlain, Moore, and Winters were leaders of character first, competence second, and courage third.

Once you perform once, twice, or even three times, soldiers develop confidence in your leadership. You can only hope that this confidence will be passed to other leaders within the company.

I've got you under my skin,I've got you deep in the heart of me,So deep in my heart, you're really a part of me,I've got you under my skin.

White people find it extremely hard to live in an environment they don't control.

A hand shifts our birdcages around. Some are brought closer. Some move apart. Do not try to reason it out. Be conscious of who draws you and who not.

He's experienced. He has a mind. He seduced me and took his time doing it. He's good company. He makes me think. Knowing him has changed me forever.

I am perfectly well aware that May has not a will that overcomes mine, but an inner mechanism superior to my own, a whirling driving-power that is never slowed down by thoughts. She has taught me that one can dine without being hungry, talk without saying anything, laugh from sheer force of habit, drink out of human respect and live with a man in a state of complete servility while maintaining all the appearances of frantic independence.

Those who are not imitated always get disappointed.

Qui t'en empêche, ô Toi qui règnes sur ma vie, Toi qui peux presque tout, Toi qui, d'un plissement volontaire de tes sourcils, rapproches dans le ciel les nuages ?