Quotes About Influence

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." ~ Margaret Thatcher

In politics, if you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman

If you want something said,ask a man;if you want something done,ask a woman.

Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.

Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd. But with Denis there I was never alone. What a man. What a husband. What a friend.

Dad once defined leadership as the art of persuading people to do what they should have done in the first place. If they bullheadedly refuse to take this advice, there is not much the leader can do, in a free society.

George Elsey put it succinctly: "You can't sit around and wait for public opinion to tell you what to do. In the first place there isn't any public opinion. The public doesn't know anything about it; they haven't heard about it. The President must decide what he is going to do and do it, and attempt to educate the public to the reasons for his action.

Well all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

and what to do with Mr. Prima Donna, Brass Hat, Five Star MacArthur. He's worse than the Cabots and the Lodges - they at least talked with one another before they told God what to do. Mac tells God right off.

there are individuals who by virtue of their genes or upbringing or psychological set, or maybe all three, have a frighteningly enhanced capacity to be brainwashed.

No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.

You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed forever".

Men were like horses, she mused dreamily. All they needed was breaking in.

I have the solution to all my problems. I have money, position, the running of one of the country's legendary cattle stations. I can even get the girl I want. I can't buy her, of course. She's got money of her own. But I'm pretty sure if I talk to her dad, he'll give me the green light.

Certain women because of their female power and seductiveness could bring destruction to a family.

and someday, fat innkeepers will bow to me.

Right wing or left wing, tyrants always try to control communication. They always fail.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

No, It's not fair. But I was thinking more along the lines of the Pentagon and Washington itself. Sometimes I suspect that those who are running things might grow addicted to power. Secrecy's essential in wartime, but once in place, will it ever be removed?

The powerful don't make revolutions

I believe that an author who cannot control her characters is, like a mother who cannot control her children, not really fit to look after them.

There are two different worlds, the light world and the dark world. The question is: Which one wins? Answer: The one you feed, baby. The one you feed.

The fashion and beauty complex has so many ways to enchant and maim.