Quotes About Influence

Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche. People think they're just things they maneuver through, but the makeup of a person is influenced by the nature of spaces.

The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels.

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.

I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.

Art is stronger than Nature

It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire.

The Dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of God.

Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.

You are one of the forces of nature.

Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature.

As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his friends.

Nature is a definite thing. But nurture is just as powerful. It can really mess with you.

All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.

Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

Nature has always had more force than education.

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.

Your own nature is pure, spotless, and pristine. Through association we drag ourselves down or we can raise ourselves up.

To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.

Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).