Quotes About Influence

present-time Events are somehow being formed by the future, and the future is somehow looping back into present

This archaic form of telepathy might not undergo conscious development in individuals, but it still remains in the collective unconscious where it continues to exist and react as a non- conscious responsive source of "reciprocal influence" within all individuals of the species. By this, he meant that a reciprocating influence is mutually corresponding and is transmitted, shared, or experienced in common by each individual.

For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

By exploring who Vasari was, how he wrote his book, and what influence it has had on how we perceive art, then we can also explore the significant questions of what art is, why it is so important to the human species, and how we have interacted with it.

Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

siamo due liuti di cui l'uno ripete spontaneo e un po' confusamente i suoni toccati sulle corde dell'altro. Egli

because all happiness is contagious, and disarms the spirit of hatred.

You know who has tenure? The pope has tenure. The Queen of England has tenure. So does Fidel and the communists - because they represent the people, of course (scoff). Federal judges have tenure as well - no federal judge has ever successfully been removed. And then there's the college professors. Me. How do you like that?

that will benefit hundreds of people. Maybe thousands.

Once again, both Chris and I were manipulated like small puppets in our world of adults. We didn't like it, and we suffered, but the tall ones around us said that we would soon get over our sadness, that we would "adapt" in a matter of weeks.

on the famous Lord Acton line: "Power kills, and absolute power kills absolutely.

A lie travels farther than the truth.

You can always tell the profession of a girl's last boyfriend, because they talk the language of his occupation.

And that's what's important: how you react to someone while they're sleeping and not exerting any influence over you.

Je n'ai jamais compris pourquoi certains de mes camarades de guerre en voulaient tellement aux femmes et aux jeunes filles qui regardaient du côté des soldats alliés. Mon Dieu, n'avait-on pas ressassé des années durant à ces pauvres créatures que le héros en uniforme, le beau mâle vainqueur devait être l'idéal suprême de la femme. On leur avait appris: tout ce qui est allemand est vainqueur - et tout ce qui est vainqueur est allemand.

Love does not exist, it's like religion, the state wants you to believe in that kind of crap so they can control you, and f**k your head up.

Mates are a waste of fucking time. They are always ready to drag you down tae their level of social, sexual and intellectual mediocrity.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

Was the process of institutionalization both so powerful and subtle, that I could be aware of it and yet be unable to resist?

What rules the world is idea, because ideas define the way reality is perceived

If you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a book, you have also to believe that no one was ever improved by a book.

What rules the world is ideas, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.