Quotes About Influence

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?

A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still

The principle is this: Ask yourself, "Is this my problem or not?" There are 3 types of business in the world: mine, your, and God's. We have to ask, "Whose business is it?". I had decided to make someone else's business and God's business my business. My control tendencies were often lurking beneath the surface.

Eighty percent of global carbon emissions come from only 10 countries. Their leaders, along with the executives of the world's most powerful corporations, have disproportionate influence on the decisions that affect emissions

Research has shown that frequent viewers of Fox News, a network that writes skepticism about climate change into its scripts, are less likely to accept the scientific consensus than those who do not watch Fox News.

One reason that the United States has not taken significant action on climate change is the success of the denial industry. Influential opinion leaders, backed by large sums of money, have successfully worked to cast doubt on mainstream climate science.

the presence of that lone dissenter reduced the error rates of subjects by 75 percent. This is a crucial realization: If a group is embarking on an unfortunate course of action, a lone dissenter may turn it around by energizing ambivalent group members to join the dissent instead of following the crowd into error.

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.

The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.

The child tortures the fly because he has the power to do so, and had not yet learned how mercifully to kill.

You plan the wars you masters of men plan the wars and point the way and we will point the gun.

Maggie, tou made it possible -but not probably for me to be the man I am now.

I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.

The cells of my body store fear the way others' do fat. Every terrifying and traumatic thing I've ever experienced is still held within my muscle fiber as well as in my brain tissue. It pervades nearly every aspect of my life and influences nearly all my actions. Everyone thinks of me as being so brave, but I recognize my own cowardice in all I do. Sometimes I feel fear building up in my throat like a scream.

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.

Lives leak into each other, the past lays claim to the present

It happens sometimes. A man is made chieftain and, soon all that is important to him is his status. He becomes deaf to any voice that doesn't try to soothe and cosset him. Before long, he only listens to those who tell him what he wants to hear.

I know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude - we've proven that time and time again. People are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and force action. They kill and revive, corrupt and cure.

Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.

The kingdom of God cannot be co-opted. It cannot be subsumed by a political party and loses its soul if it seeks to identify with one.

There is a way to speak the truth in love, treating people with respect. But if being liked is the goal of the preacher, the speech is more likely to be grandstanding than world-shaking.

Nobody is more indoctrinated than the indoctrinator.