Quotes About Influence

I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons' is taking jokes from 'Family Guy.' And I can tell you, that ain't the case.

Of course I've gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring and no one listens to you! — Russ Cargill

People you love never die. That is what Omai had said, all those years ago. And he was right. They don't die. Not completely. They live in your mind, the way they always lived inside you. You keep their light alive. If you remember them well enough, they can still guide you, like the shine of long-extinguished stars could guide ships in unfamiliar waters.

If the stone falls hard enough the ripples last a lifetime.

Because words are a magic too, and they can contain everything.

Language gives us the power to voice our experience, to reconnect with the world, and to change our own and other people's lives

Are you someone who watches life, or someone who participates?

A handful of people, working at a handful of technology companies, through their choices will steer what a billion people are thinking today . . . I don't know a more urgent problem than this . . . It's changing our democracy, and it's changing our ability to have the conversations and relationships that we want with each other.' —Tristan Harris, former Google employee

People you love never die. That is what Omai had said, all those years ago. And he was right. They don't die. Not completely. They live in your mind, the way they always lived inside you. You keep their light alive. If you remember them well enough, they can still guide you, like the shine of long-extinguished stars could guide shops in unfamiliar waters. If you stop mourning them, and start listening to them, they still have the power to change your life. They can, in short, be salvation.

It's such a weird thing for young people to look at distorted images of things they should be.' —Daisy Ridley, on why she quit Instagram

Every day, not only did he wear his red and white outfit, complete with shiny black belt and boots, but he was determined to be as jolly as could be, because the easiest way to make other people happy was to be happy yourself, or at least to act as if you were. That was how his mother had done it. And even his father too, once upon a time.

Language gives us the power to voice our experience, to reconnect with the world, and to change our own and other people's lives.

History is people. Everyone loves history.' Daphne looks at me doubtfully, her face retreating into her neck as her eyebrows rise. 'Are you sure about that?' I offer a small nod. 'It's just making them realise that everything they say and do and see is only what they say and do and see because of what has gone before. Because of Shakespeare. Because of every human who ever lived.

A quiet that had a presence, that was a force in the air.

That was the remarkable thing about humans—their ability to shape the path of other species, to change their fundamental nature.

You have the power to do good, and you know it.

He smiles a little. This is the point of being a teacher. A glimmer of hope where you thought it didn't exist.

I like this job. I can't right now think of a better purpose in life than to be a teacher. To teach feels like you are a guardian of time itself, protecting the future happiness of the world via the minds that are yet to shape it. It isn't playing the lute for Shakespeare, or the piano at Ciro's, but it's something as good. And goodness has its own kind of harmony.

Legacy. What a meaningless thing. All that work for a future in which they don't appear.

Then she realised. A fire had no motive. Only she could have that. The power was hers.

This. This right here is why I wanted to become a teacher. To know that it is possible to change the world for the better, in however small a way.

I was named after Bob Dylan. Did I ever tell you that?

You have no control over who people think you are. So don't worry.

They live in your mind, the way they always lived inside you. You keep their light alive. If you remember them well enough, they can still guide you, like the shine of long-extinguished stars could guide ships in unfamiliar waters. If you stop mourning them, and start listening to them, they still have the power to change your life. They can, in short, be salvation.