Quotes About Influence

Objects moving in a circle are under the influence of changing force.

The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard.

Battle For The Mind by William Sargent.

The Old English names began to die out: out went Ethelbert, Aelfric, Athelstan, Dunstan, Wulfstan, Wulfric; in came Richard, Robert, Simon, Stephen, John, and most popular and sycophantic (or was it politic?) of all, William.

Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek: We write in sand, our language grows And like the tide, our work o'erflows.

Before the fifteenth century was out, William Caxton had printed two editions of The Canterbury Tales and they have never been out of print since. They have been enjoyed, imitated, copied, re-translated, put on stage, screen and radio, and generations have rightly regarded Chaucer as the father and founding genius of English literature.

Estuary English creeps in and shows no sign of ebbing.

That, too, is part of this adventure — there are both casualties and survivors as this hungry creature, English, demanded more and more subjects.

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.

If the King loves music, it is well with the land.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

Phoo," Zoltan said to me. "Legal system. Police. All playground stuff humans invented to amuse themselves. It's got nothing to do with real power.

It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.

I'll tell you this, though. It's not true, that saying about sticks and stones; it's words that break your bones.

I longed to stabilize my core identity and to withstand the pressure of other people's words, behaviors, moods, and perceptions. I wanted to be less easily thrown.

To insure a steady stream of new prisoners, while doing little if anything to boost public safety, private prison companies over the last decade spent over $45 million lobbying law makers.

It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.

I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails.

The prophets of every age come from the hands of attentive mothers

What we provide is an atmosphere... of orchestrated pulse which works on people in a subliminal way. Under its influence I've seen shy debs and severe dowagers kick off their shoes and raise some wholesome hell.

Há mulheres que são chuva, outras cacimbo. Essa tal Farida deve ser uma que vale a pena a gente se despenteasr com ela...

Nenhum governo do mundo manda mais que o medo e a culpa. O medo me fez viver, recatado e pequeno. A culpa me fez fugir de mim, desabitado de memórias.

Atribuir un nombre es un acto de poder. La primera y más definitiva ocupación de un territorio ajeno.

Meu pai era um homem que enchia o mundo, o pé dele entrava em casa e sentíamos o balanço do seu peso como se, de repente, estivéssemos num pequeno barco". My father was a men that filled the world, his foot entered homeand we felt the the swing of its weight, like, suddenly, we were in a little boat.