Quotes About Influence

Feeling that one has some leverage upon something, even by proxy or association, makes one a great deal more interested in it.

Whom one is speaking to - or which aspect of their character - fundamentally determines the meaning and consequences of an exhortation. 'Indulge Your Desires' comes across very differently on a billboard advertising SUVs than it does spray-painted across the broken windows of an SUV dealer. It follows that what you say is not nearly as important as how and when you say it.

It's not that the government made us do it; you can't think that way," John said. "They made us not ask questions, they told us what to think, but also, we did it.

First, you're under the influence of being: that's the greatest addiction ever!

I resent the hell out of the politicians and generals who force events on us that structure our lives, that dictate the memories we'll have when we're old.

No one here wants to admit it, but the United States is part of México's problem. The United States is feeding the beast, man. I thought maybe if I came here, I could make a difference.

No one here wants to admit it, but the United States is part of México's problem. The United States is feeding the beast, man.

I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.

Go make your mark on the world. Be a world changer! Live bold for Christ no matter the cost.

The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments.

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

Our ego is our silent partner--too often with a controlling interest.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

The important question to ask is why these bodies are allowed to exist. If a country such as Spain allowed a repressive body like the Inquisition to exist for four hundred years, it is not because the Inquisition forced itself on the Spanish nation. It is because the Spaniards allowed it to exist.

Leaders must embrace those they need the most versus holding them hostage.

And this is how I know that it's all just words, words, words - that fundamentally, they make no difference... Our relationship, for as long as things were good, and in that moment when they could have been good again, was about the irrelevance of words. You feel what you feel, you act as you act, who in the history of the world has ever been convinced by a well-reasoned argument?

politics is a dead game with no brother

The past is a springboard for me….Ancient things are new things. Everything lives in the moment; that's the only time it can live, but its influence can go on forever.

I would've liked to have been Poussin, if I'd had a choice, in another time.

We only attract people to us that we can help.

Parents are temporary custodians, keeping watch and offering love and trying to leave the child better than they found him.

Everyone's always on the hunt for a mirror. It's basic psychology. You want to see yourself reflected in others. Others—your sister, your parents—they want to look at you and see themselves. They want you to be a flattering reflection of them—and vice-versa. It's normal. I suppose it's really normal if you're a twin. But being somebody else's mirror? That is not your job." Nora

People might not change but their incentives could.

Was it a thing, Flora wondered, that just happened to charismatic men—or maybe all men—how the world around them seemed to bend to their wants and needs?